Derek Chauvin Trial Latest As Delay Sought 27M For George Floyd Family Jury Mostly Picked
Defense attorney Eric Nelson also asked Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill to move Chauvin’s trial to another city—a motion that was previously unsuccessful. “I am gravely concerned with the news that broke on Friday relevant to the civil settlement,” Nelson said on Monday. He maintained that the timing of the announcement was “very suspicious” and “has an incredible propensity to taint the jury pool.” But prosecutor Steve Schleicher argued for jury selection to continue, noting that the state had no control over the Minneapolis City Council....