Updated / Wednesday, 5 May 2021
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Derek Chauvin faces up to 40 years in prison after he was found guilty of murder last month
Derek Chauvin, the former US police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, has asked for a new trial on claims of jury and prosecution misconduct.
The 45-year-old - who knelt on Mr Floyd s neck for more than nine minutes during an arrest in Minneapolis last year - faces up to 40 years in prison after being found guilty last month.
Chauvin s attorney Eric Nelson argued that his client did not get a fair trial due to publicity around the case, court and prosecution errors, as well as race-based pressure on the jury.
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Chauvin s attorney Eric Nelson argued that his client did not get a fair trial due to publicity around the case, court and prosecution errors, as well as race-based pressure on the jury.
He also alleges that jurors should have been isolated during the trial and that the case could only get a fair hearing in a different place.
St. Catherine s University is the first of any major Catholic institution to release a report based upon investigations about David Haas, after dozens of women came forward to report sexual abuse and grooming to the survivor advocacy organization Into Account last summer. (Unsplash/Matthew T. Rader)
Some sexual assault survivors and advocates are still working to hold Catholic institutions accountable following an independent investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against composer David Haas by St. Catherine s University in St. Paul, Minnesota. They are pointing to a failure to interview Haas and the then-president of the university, as well as a lack of accountability for a former university employee whom they allege was aware of allegations against Haas.
Derek Chauvin, the white ex-policeman convicted of murdering African-American man George Floyd, asked Tuesday for a new trial on claims of jury and prosecution misconduct.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in a police booking photo after a jury found him guilty on all counts in his trial for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 20, 2021. Photo by Handout/Minnesota Department of Corrections via Reuters
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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin asked a judge on Tuesday for a new trial, court records showed, two weeks after he was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd.
In a series of motions filed to District Court Judge Peter Cahill, attorney Eric Nelson said his client was deprived of a fair trial, adding there was prosecutorial and jury misconduct, errors of law at trial and that the verdict was contrary to the law. Prosecutors did not immediately file a response to the motions for a new trial.