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George Floyd murder trial won’t be moved from Minneapolis despite ‘extreme publicity’
A US judge says he won’t delay or move the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd, but he will allow limited evidence from a 2019 arrest.
Key points:
- Judge Peter Cahill says the trial has attracted “extreme amounts of publicity” around the world
- That means moving the trial outside of Minneapolis would have little impact
- But the allowing of evidence from Mr Floyd’s 2019 arrest is seen as a win for the defence
Derek Chauvin’s lead lawyer, Eric Nelson, complained to the court that publicity around the trial had tainted the jury pool in and around Minneapolis.
He cited the city’s announcement last week that it would pay Mr Floyd’s relatives $US27 million ($35 million) to settle their wrongful-death…
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