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May 5, 2021 The defense attorney for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has filed a motion pointing to prosecutorial misconduct, judicial errors and impropriety by jurors. Chauvin’s attorney Derek Nelson argues that Chauvin should receive a new trial in "the interests of justice," because he alleges that Chauvin's constitutional rights to due process and a fair trial were violated. “Nelson wrote that (Judge Peter) Cahill abused his discretion by denying Chauvin's request for a change of venue, rejecting a previous request Nelson made for a new trial, failing to sequester juro...

April 19, 2021 The prosecution and the defense present closing arguments in the trial of Derek Chauvin as the city of Minneapolis prepares for a verdict. SHOW TRANSCRIPT In its final push to convict former officer Derek Chauvin, the prosecution went point by point, detailing why Chauvin should be found guilty on all three charges he faces — second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter.  "He was trapped with the unyielding pavement underneath him. As unyielding as the man who held him down," Steve Schleicher, the special assistant attorney general of Minnesota, said. Seen publ...

In this image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, and defendant, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, right, listen, Wednesday, April 14, 2021, as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides over motions in the trial of Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd. (Court TV, via AP, Pool) MINNEAPOLIS – George Floyd died of a sudden heart rhythm problem due to his heart disease while being restrained by police, a retired forensic pathologist testified for the defence Wednesday at former Of...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Floyd died of a sudden heart rhythm problem due to his heart disease while being restrained by police, a retired forensic pathologist testified for the defense

George Floyd died of a sudden heart rhythm problem due to his heart disease while being restrained by police, a retired forensic pathologist testified for the defense Wednesday.