Former police officer Dererk Chauvin’s attorney argued before an appeals court on Wednesday that his client was unable to receive a fair trial, due to pre-trial publicity, venue, and other factors.
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Chauvin was convicted of the murder of George Floyd and sentenced to 22 years in prison. His attorney argued Wednesday that “the pretrial publicity was more extensive than that of any other trial in Minnesota history, and that the judge should have moved the trial elsewhere and sequestered the jury for the duration,” explained Fox News…
The appeal is to his state conviction and winning the appeal would not affect his federal conviction or sentence, the AP and other outlets explain.
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