What are the odds Derek Chauvin is successful in appeal of guilty verdict in George Floyd murder? Eric Ferkenhoff, USA TODAY
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Now that fired police officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted on all three counts against him, he can still file an appeal. But the odds are not good, considering some 90% of appeals are denied across the United States.
An appeal in the case is a virtual certainty. But what issues Chauvin s lawyers raise to the appellate court are an open question, according to criminal defense experts.
The most likely avenue of appeal is the massive publicity given to the case and the judge’s denial of repeated requests by lead defense attorney Eric Nelson to move the case out of Minneapolis or sequester the jury throughout the trial to shield them from any and all news or mention of the case.
These are the people at the center of the Derek Chauvin trial
The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin ended Tuesday, almost a year after video showed him kneeling on the neck of George Floyd for more than nine minutes, with Chauvin being found guilty on all three charges he faced.
Floyd died after the incident, which occurred last May. His death sparked protests across the United States, with demonstrators calling for justice in the death of the 46-year-old Black man.
Chauvin was tried on charges of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
Here are some people at the center of Chauvin’s trial.
A personal note on Walter Mondale
Former Vice President Walter Mondale died on Monday at the age of 93. His death brought back a flood of memories to me. I want to offer these personal notes on the occasion of his death.
I talked my way into an internship in then Minnesota Senator Mondale’s Washington office in the summer of 1969, just after I graduated from high school in St. Paul. I had gone to hear Mondale speak at an event that spring and tracked him down outside the building afterwards. I told Mondale that Syd Berde, his former chief deputy when he served as Minnesota Attorney General, had called him and recommended me to him. That’s what I had been given to understand, although I’m not sure it was accurate. (Mr. Berde was the father of my classmate Chuck Berde, by far the smartest student in our class. Chuck told me that his father had called Mondale on my behalf, as I had requested.)
Mondale, former vice president under Carter, dead at 93 April 21, 2021
lter Frederick Fritz Mondale, who served as vice president under then-President Jimmy Carter before waging his own unsuccessful White House bid in 1984, has died. He was 93.
ST. PAUL Walter Frederick Fritz Mondale, who served as vice president under then-President Jimmy Carter before waging his own unsuccessful White House bid in 1984, has died, according to a family spokesperson. He was 93.
Mondale died at home in downtown Minneapolis surrounded by family, spokesperson Kathy Tunheim said. It is with profound sadness that we share news that our beloved dad passed away today in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mondale s family said in a statement. As proud as we were of him leading the presidential ticket for Democrats in 1984, we know that our father s public policy legacy is so much more than that.