... was his heart disease,” Thomas replied. In response to another hypothetical posed by Nelson, she agreed that she would certify Floyd’s death as an overdose if there were no other explanations. But during re-questioning, prosecutor Jerry Blackwell ridiculed the defense attorney’s hypotheticals and quickly got Thomas to ...
... witness, Dr. Bill Smock, an expert on deaths from asphyxia, backed up Tobin's assessment. Smock said Floyd did not have symptoms of a fentanyl overdose such as constricted pupils and decreased breathing. He said Floyd’s actions were the opposite, because he was pleading for air. “That is not ...
... Floyd's death is a key argument in the case, with prosecutors saying that oxygen deprivation was caused by Chauvin's actions. Defense attorney Eric Nelson has argued that a drug overdose, along with an underlying heart condition, were responsible. For the "PBS NewsHour," this is Fred de Sam Lazaro.
Stephanie Sy: On Wednesdays, Sabrina Brandt volunteers at the Portland people's outreach project, a harm reduction organization that provides clean syringes, naloxone to reverse overdoses, and strips to test for the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl, which increases the risk of overdosing. Sabrina Brandt: The more people that have it ...
DMX’s longtime New York-based lawyer, Murray Richman, said the rapper was on life support Saturday evening at White Plains Hospital. “He had a heart attack. He’s quite ill,” Richman said. Richman said he could not confirm reports that DMX, 50, overdosed on drugs and was not sure ...
An autopsy revealed Floyd had fentanyl and methamphetamine in his system when he died. Ross told jurors she took Floyd to the hospital in March 2020, just two months before his death, for what she later learned was an overdose. Shortly after Ross' testimony, lawyers for Floyd's family released ...
... forever,” she said. In March 2020, Ross drove Floyd to the emergency room because he was in extreme stomach pain, and she learned he had overdosed. In the months that followed, Ross said, she and Floyd spent a lot of time together during the coronavirus quarantine, and Floyd was clean ...
... of context that I think may be damaging to the defense. But they did get across their theory that George Floyd died of an accidental overdose. Whether they can actually cast reasonable doubt in the minds of the jurors remains to be seen. Yamiche Alcindor: Questions there, opening statements. We ...
... city officials viewed the matter, the report said. Warren claimed to the public that Singletary initially told her that Prude's death was a "drug overdose," but Friday's report said he never told her that. Singletary, meanwhile, failed to correct Warren's claim during a September news conference that ...
... prior to the pandemic. Gratitude 4 Grandparents is here for them. Stephanie Sy: Kelsall herself can relate. She and her fiance are raising two grandchildren between them, also because of substance addiction. Rhea Kelsall: Carl's (ph) my fiance's biological grandson. And his dad is deceased from an overdose.
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