The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Chauvin did not qualify for a public defender. Upholding an earlier decision by Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill to the same effect, Chief Justice Lorie Gildea rejected the application after reviewing information Chauvin provided regarding his debts and assets. In the …
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The four ex-cops pleaded “not guilty” in court on Tuesday. The former officers – Derek Chauvin, Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane – were charged by a federal jury back in May. The defendants made their court appearance through a video link, with Chauvin communicating with the court …
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Pushing for the harshest possible sentence on Friday afternoon, prosecutor Matthew Frank told the Minneapolis court that this was “not the typical second degree unintentional murder.” Chauvin’s attorney Eric Nelson urged that justice should not be served according to “public opinion.” The court heard victim impact statements from members of …
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Attorney Eric Nelson said in a court filing on Tuesday that Chauvin was deprived of a fair trial, partly because Hennepin County District Court Judge Peter Cahill denied his request for a change of venue despite intense publicity surrounding the case. He added that the jury wasn’t sequestered or admonished …
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Mitchell, who was juror 52, went on a cable news tour Wednesday, making appearances on CNN, ABC News’ Good Morning America and CBS’ This Morning. He told CBS’ Gayle King that he and his fellow jurors felt no outside pressure to arrive at guilty verdicts for Chauvin. “I don’t think …
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A Minneapolis jury on Tuesday convicted Chauvin of second- and third-degree murder, as well as second-degree manslaughter, for his role in the death of George Floyd last May. The verdict was as favorable as any Black Lives Matter activists or their supporters in the media could have hoped for, but …
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It was no great surprise to hear on Tuesday that Chauvin, the former police officer who infamously knelt on the neck of black ex-con George Floyd for over nine minutes last Memorial Day as Floyd choked out his last breaths, was headed to prison. Had the jury returned any verdict …
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Jurors found the former Minneapolis officer guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter on Tuesday, charges that stemmed from the death of suspect George Floyd in custody last May. READ MORE: Minneapolis jury finds ex-cop Derek Chauvin GUILTY on ALL CHARGES in death of George Floyd Meeting for …
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On Tuesday afternoon, right after the Minneapolis jury found Chauvin guilty of killing the African-American man during an attempt to take him into custody last May, Biden and Harris called the Floyd family to express his support. Calling the family “incredible,” Biden said that he wished he was present at …
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Chauvin was charged with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter after Floyd died on May 25, during an attempt by six officers to arrest him for allegedly passing a counterfeit bill at a Minneapolis grocery store. The jury found him guilty on all three counts on Tuesday afternoon. …
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