Accused of killing Floyd, will Chauvin testify in his own defense?
In this image from video, defendant, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, listens as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides Friday, April 9, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd. (Court TV via AP, Pool)
Published April 12. 2021 2:48AM
Chao Xiong
MINNEAPOLIS As former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin s defense presents its case this week against charges that he murdered George Floyd, a question looms over his trial: Will Chauvin testify in his own defense?
Under the U.S. Constitution, defendants have a right to refrain from testifying without penalty, but some local attorneys said there are compelling reasons for Chauvin to get on the witness stand.
The judge in the George Floyd murder case refused a defense request to immediately sequester the jury Monday, the morning after the death of a Black man during.
Testimony last week was dominated by expert witnesses saying Floyd died from a lack of oxygen, not the drugs and heart disease that Chauvin s attorney says are to blame.
The Associated Press Created: April 12, 2021 06:16 AM
The trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd s death enters its third week Monday, with the state nearing the end of a case built on searing witness accounts, official rejections of the neck restraint and expert testimony attributing Floyd s death to a lack of oxygen.
Derek Chauvin, 45, is charged with murder and manslaughter in Floyd s May 25 death. Police were called to a neighborhood market where Floyd was accused of trying to pass a counterfeit bill. Bystander video of Floyd, pinned by Chauvin and two other officers as he cried I can t breathe and eventually grew still, sparked protests and scattered violence around the U.S.
The judge in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin refused a defence request to sequester the jury on Monday, the morning after the death of a Black man shot by police during a traffic stop triggered unrest in a suburb just north of Minneapolis.