The murder trial against Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who has been charged with the in-custody death of George Floyd, came underway in early…
A judge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, ruled on Friday against granting a request by Chauvin’s defense lawyers to both delay and relocate the murder trial, arguing that there is no region within the state that has not been subjected to details of the case. In response to recently-filed defense motions, Minnesota’s Hennepin County District Court Judge Peter Cahill informed the court that neither a change of venue and nor a continuance for the case would be beneficial for Chauvin’s trial. “I don’t think there’s any place in the state of Minnesota that has not been subjected to extreme amounts of publicity on this case, » he underscored.
