The Minneapolis police chief testified Monday that now-fired officer Derek Chauvin violated departmental policy in pinning his knee on George Floyd’s neck and keeping him down after Floyd had stopped resisting and was in distress.
Read More »Justices tighten up third-degree murder law
In a decision with implications for the Derek Chauvin trial, the state Supreme Court has ruled that pattern jury instructions, long used by judges in third-degree depraved-mind murder cases, have been used in error.
Read More »Lieutenant: Kneeling on Floyd’s neck ‘totally unnecessary’
Kneeling on the neck of someone who is handcuffed and in the prone position is “top-tier, deadly” force and should not be used, the head of the Minneapolis Police Department’s homicide division testified Friday at Derek Chauvin’s murder trial.
Read More »How Floyd’s ‘spark of life’ played out at trial
The “spark of life” doctrine, which is rare outside Minnesota, is controversial among defense attorneys and could complicate the trial.
Read More »Ruling gives sex-crime bill Supreme boost
Last week’s unanimous State v. Khalil opinion, written by state Supreme Court Justice Paul Thissen, name checks Rep. Kelly Moller’s House File 707 and lifts a passage directly from it.
Read More »Schnell pitches early-release plan
Offenders could get out after serving half their time under the Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act.
Read More »Officer video shows Floyd struggle, then takedown
The officers’ video was part of a mountain of footage and witness testimony Wednesday in Derek Chauvin’s trial on murder and manslaughter charges in George Floyd’s death.
Read More »Firefighter blocked from helping Floyd returning to stand
A Minneapolis firefighter who voiced frustration at being prevented from using her EMT training to help George Floyd will be back on the stand Wednesday in the trial of Derek Chauvin.
Read More »Justices: Epileptic offender’s rights not violated
An epileptic predatory offender who sought to undo his conditional release revocation and prevent the Department of Corrections from using his epilepsy as a basis for future revocations has lost his case.
Read More »Chauvin jurors see Floyd video, hear first witnesses
The video of George Floyd gasping for breath was front and center Monday as the former Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee on the Black man’s neck went on trial on charges of murder and manslaughter.
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