EXPLAINER: What is 'spark-of-life' testimony in trials?

Independent (uk) Thursday 11th March 2021, 9:04PM 1 min read 4 years ago

Prosecutors trying a former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd's death plan to use a legal doctrine called “spark of life” to humanize Floyd in front of jurors

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