Derek Chauvin Asks Judge to Discard Murder Convictions for Death of George Floyd

Derek Chauvin’s attorney argued Minnesota should throw out his state murder conviction in the death of George Floyd in a Wednesday hearing.

The court has 90 days to make a decision on the appeal.

The former Minneapolis police officer was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in June 2021 after he was convicted of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

Chauvin was found guilty of pressing his knee against Floyd’s neck for more than 9 minutes, resulting in Floyd’s death in May 2020. The death triggered a wave of protests against police misconduct and a racial reckoning nationwide.

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