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Derek Chauvin moves to have guilty verdicts thrown out, asks for new trial

Defense attorney Eric Nelson (left) sits with Derek Chauvin (right) who is charged in the death of George Floyd.

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Prosecutors seek higher sentence for Chauvin in Floyd death

MINNEAPOLIS – Prosecutors are asking a judge to give Derek Chauvin a more severe penalty than state guidelines call for when he is sentenced in June for George Floyd's death, arguing in court documents filed Friday that Floyd was particularly vulnerable and that Chauvin abused his authority as a police officer.

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Key moments in closing arguments of Chauvin trial

MINNEAPOLIS – After nearly three weeks of testimony including heart-wrenching bystander statements and technical medical information, attorneys in Derek Chauvin's murder trial presented their closing arguments.

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Derek Chauvin trial: Case in hands of jury, deliberations begin

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The jury now has the case in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd. The jury officially began deliberating at 4 p.m.

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EXPLAINER: Ex-officer on trial for Floyd death won't testify

MINNEAPOLIS – The former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in George Floyd’s death said Thursday that he won't testify in his own defense, invoking his right to remain silent and leave the burden of proof on the state.

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Prosecution case nears end in ex-cop's trial in Floyd death

MINNEAPOLIS – The trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd 's death enters its third week Monday, with the state nearing the end of a case built on searing witness accounts, official rejections of the neck restraint and expert testimony attributing Floyd's death to a lack of oxygen.

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EXPLAINER: Legion of Chauvin prosecutors, each with own role

Viewers watching the trial of a former Minneapolis officer charged with murder in George Floyd 's death may be struck by the array of prosecutors taking turns presenting their case. The choice of who does what is no accident.

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2 views of Floyd onlookers: Desperate to help, or angry mob

To the prosecution, the witnesses who watched George Floyd’s body go still were regular people — a firefighter, a mixed martial arts fighter, a high school student and her 9-year-old cousin in a T-shirt emblazoned with the word “Love” — going about their daily lives when they happened upon the ghastly scene of an officer kneeling on a man’s neck.

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Live: No delay in Derek Chauvin trial, jury selection continues

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Jury selection resumed Friday in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd, after Judge Peter Cahill ruled the trial will continue as scheduled and not be moved out of Hennepin County. The trial is being streamed live, gavel-to-gavel, at fox9.com/live. Court proceedings resumed at 8:15 a.m. Judge Cahill denied a request by Chauvin’s defense attorney, Eric Nelson, to delay the trial and move the trial out of Hennepin County over concerns regarding pretrial publicity.

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7 jurors face new questioning in ex-officer's murder trial

MINNEAPOLIS – Jury selection for a former Minneapolis police officer's trial in George Floyd's death faced a possible setback Wednesday, as the judge prepared to recall seven jurors to see if they have been tainted by news of a $27 million settlement for the Floyd family.

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State files motion to stop Chauvin trial from proceeding

Derek Chauvin (right) and attorney Eric Nelson (left) in the courtroom on Day 1 of jury selection in the trial for the death of George Floyd.

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