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Star Tribune AP Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, center, is taken into custody as his attorney, Eric Nelson, looks on, after the verdicts were read at Chauvin’s trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn.   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Chauvin’s defense on Tuesday moved to have the former Minneapolis police officer receive a new murder trial, alleging misconduct by prosecutors and the judge before guilty ver...

© press Derek Chauvin was convicted on all three counts for killing George Floyd Derek Chauvin's lawyer has filed a motion for a new trial just two weeks after he was found guilty of murdering George Floyd. Attorney Eric Nelson called for Chauvin's conviction to be scrapped on multiple grounds, including "jury misconduct" and abuse of discretion by the court. The court "deprived [Chauvin] of a fair trial," Nelson writes in a motion filed in Hennepin County District Court in Minnesota. "The Court abused its discretion when it denied Defendant's motion for a change of venue … in vio...

First Posted: May 04, 2021 09:25 PM EDT Derek Chauvin's legal team filed a motion that requests a new trial after being charged guilty for the death of George Floyd. The said motion was filed by Chauvin's defense attorney, Eric Nelson, on Tuesday in Hennepin County in Minnesota, more than a week after the ex-cop was found guilty. It cited multiple grounds for a new trial that includes jury misconduct. It can be remembered that Representative Maxine Waters from California was under fire when Judge Cahill was not impressed by her comments in front of the protesters. Cahill said that Waters'...

Holly Bailey14:14, May 05 2021 The lawyer for Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd, filed a motion for a new trial on Tuesday (NZT Wednesday), alleging that misconduct by the judge, prosecutors and jurors compromised his client's right to a fair trial. In his motion, Eric Nelson accused Hennepin County District Court Judge Peter Cahill of “abuse of discretion” when he denied a defence request to move the trial out of Minneapolis and later refused to sequester the jury, arguing the intense media coverage of Floyd's death bot...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Cop, police chief resign 2 days after Black motorist's death A white Minnesota police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb has resigned, and so has the city’s police chief By MOHAMED IBRAHIM and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press May 3, 2021, 7:04 PM • 7 min read The future of policing in America Former NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce, and member of the Black Law Enforcement Alliance, Marq Claxton, discuss policing in America after the verdict in the ...