Jury ends first day of deliberation with no verdict Jury ends first day of deliberating with no verdicts in Derek Chauvin murder trial With the dismissals of the alternates, the jury of 12 is now half white and half people of color. April 19, 2021 — 9:20pm Text size Copy shortlink: The murder and manslaughter case against Derek Chauvin is now with the jury for deliberations. After nearly six hours of closing arguments and rebuttal Monday, two alternates were dismissed and the remaining jurors — seven women and five men — were led away by a deputy for deliberations on charges of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter against the former Minneapolis police officer in connection with the death of George Floyd on May 25.