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Many people, including high-profile people, are ragging on criminal defense attorney Eric Nelson for doing his constitutionally protected job by defending Derek Chauvin. At least one Minnesota attorney has been forced to preemptively declare that he is entirely undeserving of any criticism whatsoever connected to the case — despite being named Eric Nelson. Attorney Eric C. Nelson, who practices “[e]xclusively in [f]amily [l]aw” and has done so “since 1996,” posted the following in red-letter font on his website in an apparent attempt to clear up the confusion: NOTE: IF YOU ARE LO...

Mr. Chauvin, 45, who spent 19 years as a Minneapolis police officer, was fired immediately after Mr. Floyd’s death, along with three other officers involved. Mr. Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder, which carries a penalty of up to 40 years in prison, and the lesser charges of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. The three other officers are scheduled to be tried together in August. In-person attendance has been strictly limited throughout the trial because of Covid-19, with one spectator seat reserved for each side. On Monday morning, Mr. Floyd’s brother Philonise...

April 20, 2021, 12:32 p.m. ETApril 20, 2021, 12:32 p.m. ET The defense lawyer Eric J. Nelson and his client, the former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, during closing arguments at the Hennepin County Courthouse on Monday.Credit...Still image, via Court TV The jury has begun deliberations in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who has been charged in connection with the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man who died on May 25 after being handcuffed and pinned to the ground under the knee of Mr. Chauvin, who is white, for more than nine minutes. Throughout t...

Chauvin’s Conviction Is the Exception That Proves the Rule David A. Graham Updated on April 20 at 8:26 p.m. Jurors in Minnesota took barely 10 hours to convict Derek Chauvin in the May 2020 death of George Floyd on all three charges against him, offering a quick and decisive verdict in the most-watched police-misconduct case in years. The speedy result, announced in a Minneapolis courtroom this afternoon, is a sign of how unusual the case is. The verdict is a victory for justice and a relief to people, politicians, and police in Minnesota and beyond, who had braced for unres...

The Atlantic Chauvin’s Conviction Is the Exception That Proves the Rule The former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty on all three counts he faced—but his trial was a demonstration of how difficult efforts at accountability remain. April 20, 2021 Updated on April 20 at 8:26 p.m. Jurors in Minnesota took barely 10 hours to convict Derek Chauvin in the May 2020 death of George Floyd on all three charges against him, offering a quick and decisive verdict in the most-watched police-misconduct case in years. The speedy result, announced in a Minneapolis courtroom this afternoon, is a ...