[TheRealThing]

It's time for jury instructions and jury deliberation.

I'll stick with my original prediction of guilty of manslaughter.

The evidence doesn't remotely support such a finding but political pressures will win out in the end.

I hope I'm wrong and it is possible since the jury has been sequestered and knows little or nothing of the coercion, it may not be aware of the likelihood of burning, looting, and mayhem that would follow an acquittal. If that is the case, the jury could return a verdict based on the evidence. I certainly hope so.

Mark Furman talked about that last night. He said the state had no business bringing a case to trial that fell so short of prima facie standards. Indicating that to him, there was a woeful short fall of evidence and the push to bring this thing to trial was entirely motivated by race.