Minnesota Lawyer

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man’s neck.

Walter F. Mondale, former Minnesota attorney general, U.S. senator, vice president and 1984 Democratic presidential nominee, died Monday. He was 93.

The jury of six white members and six Black or multiracial ones was sent off to begin deliberating after nearly a full day of closing arguments.

By holding a juror’s voir dire session in chambers during a DWI trial, a Stevens County District Court judge violated the defendant’s Sixth Amendment constitutional right to a public trial.

COVID-19 trends are headed in the wrong direction, so there will be no changes to the state’s in-person civil jury trial ban, the state Judicial Council has decided.

If passed, the bills would limit pretextual traffic stops as a means of cutting down on dangerous police encounters and eliminate qualified immunity.

The defense at the murder trial of former officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd wrapped up its case Thursday without putting Chauvin on the stand.

Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter has been charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright, prosecutors said.

Derek Chauvin's attorney, Eric Nelson, is trying to prove that the 19-year Minneapolis police veteran followed his training and that George Floyd died because of his illegal drug use and underlying health problems.

Derek Chauvin is charged with second- and third-degree murder and manslaughter. Here’s a look at some of the perils — and possible benefits — in Chauvin taking the stand.