An attorney for Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, has asked a judge to overturn the state charges against him, arguing that he was deprived a fair trial.
by William Mohrman on 18 January, argued that pretrial publicity, the city’s multi-million dollar settlement with Floyd’s family, and unrest following the killing of another Black man by a white office in nearby Brooklyn Center, among other factors, had negatively influenced the proceedings. He argued that the judge should have moved the trial to another location and sequestered the jury for its duration.
on Wednesday that the judge overseeing Chauvin’s trial “managed with enormous care ... one of the most transparent trials in history.”
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