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Derek Chauvin requests new trial after being convicted of George Floyd's murder Joel Shannon and Tami Abdollah, USA TODAY Chauvin trial juror says he didn't feel pressure for a guilty verdict Replay Video UP NEXT The defense attorney for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on Tuesday requested a new trial after Chauvin was convicted in April of second-degree murder and other charges in the death of George Floyd. Attorney Eric J. Nelson says in the motion that Chauvin was denied a fair trial for reasons including "prosecutorial and jury misconduct; errors of l...

Photo of Chauvin juror wearing BLM T-shirt at march raises questions of impartiality, experts say Paulina Villegas © Richard Tsong-Taatarii/AP Brandon Mitchell, a juror in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd, on Monday, May 3, 2021, defended his participation in protest in Washington last summer. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP File) A photo that has surfaced in recent days of a juror in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has prompted questions about the juror’s imparti...

Legal Experts Flag Failure of Chauvin Juror to Disclose Attending Rally With Floyd’s Relatives A juror in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer found guilty in the 2020 death of George Floyd, failed to disclose that he attended an event attended by Floyd’s relatives last year, raising questions of impartiality, according to legal experts. Floyd stopped breathing while being pinned to the ground by Chauvin following an arrest for alleged use of counterfeit money in Cup Foods in Minneapolis in May last year. A juryconvicted Chauvin of second-degree murder, third-...

Chauvin’s ‘particular cruelty’ should mean harsher sentence, Minnesota AG says The former police officer faces up to 40 years in prison for second-degree unintentional murder. By Timothy BellaThe Washington Post Share The Minnesota attorney general is seeking a harsher prison sentence for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin due to the “particular cruelty” he showed in the murder of George Floyd last year, according to court documents filed Friday. Derek Chauvin Minnesota Democratic Attorney General Keith Ellison argued in a legal briefing that Chauvin, who was convict...

Blakely factors" in preparation for Derek Chauvin's sentencing As reported in this local article, headlined "Prosecutors seek aggravated sentence against Derek Chauvin, argue George Floyd was ‘treated with particular cruelty’," the sentencing phase of the prosecution of the former police office convicted of killing George Floyd is now at the first briefing stage.  Here are the basics: Prosecutors asked a judge Friday to give Derek Chauvin a longer prison sentence for killing George Floyd, arguing that the crime was particularly cruel.... Chauvin will be sentenced on June 25. Minnesota se...