Reply To: Charges against Derek Chauvin

“so they bumped up Chauvin;s charge to the harder to prove (but still plausible) charge”

But why go for a much harder to prove charge and risk him getting off when you have a slam dunk case with a lesser charge? 3rd degree murder is up to 25 years in prison, 2nd gets up to 40 (wikipedia). Is it really worth it to risk getting nothing just for PR purposes?
The only way this makes any sense is if what @schnitzel bigot said is true- 2nd degree is an additional charge and he can be found innocent of 2nd degree and still found guilty of 3rd degree murder