Judge refuses request to acquit Chauvin in Floyd's death

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Judge refuses request to acquit Chauvin in Floyd’s death

By AMY FORLITI, STEVE KARNOWSKI and TAMMY WEBBER
29 minutes ago

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The judge at Derek Chauvin’s murder trial Wednesday turned down a defense request to acquit the former officer in George Floyd’s death.

Judge Peter Cahill pressed on with the case after Chauvin attorney Eric Nelson argued that prosecutors had failed to prove that Chauvin killed Floyd. Requests for an acquittal are routinely made midway through a trial and are usually denied.

Nelson said the prosecution’s expert witnesses gave conflicting opinions about what caused Floyd’s death after the 46-year-old Black man was pinned under the white officer’s knee for what authorities say was 9 1/2 minutes last May.

The request came on Day Two of the defense case. The prosecution rested its own case on Tuesday after 11 days of testimony and gripping video evidence.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/police-trials-minneapolis-racial-injustice-death-of-george-floyd-877dc5632fc03037131977c61af6865d

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. FAILURE to convict Chauvin...

Will have even me amongst thousands of Minnesota residents in the streets protesting what was so obvious. ..MURDER IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.

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2. Standard criminal defense motion after the prosecution rests

Doesn't work very often, but it costs nothing to try.