US EditionEx-officer Derek Chauvin makes another bid to overturn federal conviction in murder of George Floyd
- Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is seeking to overturn his federal civil rights conviction in the murder of George Floyd, presenting new evidence that he claims shows he didn't cause Floyd's death.
- Chauvin alleges that a Kansas forensic pathologist, Dr. William Schaetzel, informed him that Floyd died from complications of a rare tumor, not from asphyxia resulting from Chauvin's actions. Chauvin argues that his guilty plea would have been different if he had known about this evidence.
- Chauvin is requesting a new trial or at least an evidentiary hearing from the judge who presided over his federal trial, after having his requests for rehearing rejected by a federal appeals court.
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Ex-Officer Derek Chauvin Cites New Evidence in Attempt to Overturn George Floyd Murder Conviction - The Michigan Star
by Madeleine Hubbard Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin is arguing that new evidence proves he did not cause the 2020 death of George Floyd as part of an attempt to overturn his federal civil rights conviction. Chauvin said he would never have pleaded guilty to the 2021 charge if he was aware of the theories from a Kansas pathologist with whom he began corresponding earlier this year, according to a motion filed in federal court t…
Ex-Cop Chauvin Appeals Murder Conviction for George Floyd, Citing Pathologist's Theory Jury Never Heard
The former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted in the 2020 police-involved death of George Floyd has filed an appeal of his conviction, citing new evidence that the jury never saw. Police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted in 2021, filed papers in court on Monday, saying that the evidence proves that he did not commit murder in Floyd’s death, the Associated Press reported. In his filing, the former cop said he would never have agr…
Chauvin charges he was deprived evidence of real cause of Floyd's death
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer in prison for two decades for the death of George Floyd during an arrest in 2020, says he was deprived during his trial of evidence that reveals the real cause of Floyd's demise, and his conviction should be overturned. Floyd died as Chauvin held him down with a knee on his neck for several minutes during the arrest. He reportedly was saying, "I …
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