Meditation coach, beekeeper, prosecutor: Meet the man who helped convict Derek Chauvin
After he watched Derek Chauvin kneel on George Floyd’s neck for more than 9 minutes, prosecutor Jerry Blackwell felt it was his duty to raise his hand. His folksy way of talking through the evidence and bringing the humanity out of key witnesses resonated with jurors. Those who know him weren’t surprised. They knew his skill at setting a scene, connecting with jurors’ humanity and simplifying complex medical evidence.
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Riham Feshir / MPR News |
12:00 pm, May 25, 2021
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Jerry Blackwell sits in his farmhouse in Jordan, Minn., on May 15, a place he visits on weekends to decompress and get away from his work as an attorney. He became known as the lawyer who opened the case against Derek Chauvin and then shut it. (Riham Feshir / MPR News)