What is Derek Chauvin writing during the trial?

DEREK Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, is on trial for the murder of George Floyd.

Jurors are mulling whether to convict Chauvin on charges of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

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What is Derek Chauvin writing during the trial?

Derek Chauvin has been seen writing on a legal pad during his criminal trial at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis.

Experts say that the defense team wants to humanize the defendant in the eyes of the jury as much as possible, according to The New York Times.

“The jurors will certainly glance over at him, to look at his engagement," Howard University Law School professor  Justin Hansford told The Times.

“The position is that you are sorry about what happened to the gentleman but you were doing your job.’'

Prosecutors say Chauvin killed Floyd by pinning him to the pavement with his knee on or near his neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds during the attempted arrest on May 25, 2020.

It is not known what Chauvin has been writing on the legal pad, and many people on social media have expressed curiosity about it.

"Things I want to know," one Twitter user wrote during the trial.

"What is Derek Chauvin writing so furiously? Does he have a book deal?"

Another wrote: "Curious to know what the hell Derek Chauvin is writing so intensely. Could it be 'my life is over, I’m going to rot in hell.'"

"Chauvin has been doodling on that legal pad for the past week," another person tweeted.

Another person wrote: "Can anyone see WTF Derek Chauvin is writing on his legal pad? It doesn't look linear to me, the way a normal person would take notes left to right."

Wrote another: "Chauvin’s legal pad could tell us a lot. 'Yes I am a murderer … I am so screwed.'"

"The robotic absence of compassion or mercy by Chauvin shocked me from the day this horrific event occurred!" another person tweeted.

"Perhaps Mr. Chauvin is writing down all the sins he committed that day on his legal pad.

"A just verdict will provide him ample time for reflection in prison."

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