probably the most important piece of evidence. reporter: mitchell, during jury selection, answered no when asked if he participated in demonstrations about police use of force. mitchell told the minneapolis star tribune his attendance in d.c. was 100% not a march for george floyd and directly related to mlk s march in the 60s. tonight, chauvin s defense attorney eric nelson filing this motion for a new trial, citing a number of reasons, including jury misconduct. certainly gives him some ammunition in terms of him asking the court to conduct a hearing to determine whether or not this juror should have been on the juror not. reporter: and david, that defense motion for a new trial is expected in high profile cases like this one. the prosecution has already responded, saying they will vigorously oppose that motion. as for the juror, brandon mitchell, he says the decision
of our democracy. if it goes unpunished, everyone loses. the judge sentenced him to three years and four months in prison. the big question tonight will stone get a presidential pardon? the answer not yet. i m following this very closely and i want to see it play out to its fullest, because roger has a very good chance of exoneration, in my opinion. all right, pierre thomas with us live tonight from the courthouse. and pierre, president trump clearly was not happy with how this case played out, but today, he signaled that any possible pardon for roger stone would not come immediately. reporter: david, stone has requested a new trial, alleging jury misconduct. it appears president trump is going to wait and see how that plays out before any decision on a pardon. david? all right, pierre thomas, witnessing the scene there in court today. pierre, thank you. we re going to turn next here to the terrifying images from an interstate today. two highways shut down for a time in
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hannah s boyfriend, had taken and passed. that, said the judge, was jury misconduct. the court finds that the jury is unable to fulfill the obligations required by law. the prosecution team was stunned. it was not a good day. nor was it a good day for the defense. everybody was brokenhearted, including denny. denny s team was even more brokenhearted to learn that when the judge interrupted the jurors they had already reached a decision on the major counts. dateline spoke with four jurors after the trial and they said they had already signed and sealed the ballots on all of the charges except the lesser charge of manslaughter. rape, not guilty. not guilty. murder. i voted not guilty. not guilty. denny had come oh, so close to being acquitted of hannah s murder. because jurors had voted in his favor, his lawyers went back to the courts to contest his being tried again on grounds of double jeopardy.
clothing spotted with blood, only one came back to denny, a small semen stain on the girl s underwear. hardly proof of a crime, said denny s lawyer. they re kids. they re fooling around. that doesn t mean he raped her. the case went to the jury. and in the midst of deliberations came a stunning turn. the judge, quite unexpectedly, walked into the jury room and declared a mistrial. she said she took that drastic measure because she was getting a report that one of the jurors was talking about a lie detector test not in evidence, a lie detector test brad oborn, hannah s boyfriend, had taken and passed. that, the judge said, was jury misconduct. the court has found that the jury is unable to fulfill the obligations required by law. the prosecution team was