A judge on Thursday granted prosecutors' request to add a third-degree murder charge against the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd.
Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill reinstated the third-degree murder charge against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin a day after the Minnesota Supreme Court rejected Chauvin's effort to block the charge. Cahill had earlier rejected the charge as not warranted by the circumstances of Floyd’s death, but an appellate court ruling in an unrelated case established new grounds for it.
Chauvin was already charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter.
Legal experts say the additional charge helps prosecutors by giving jurors one more option to convict Chauvin.
Potential jurors returned Thursday to continue the selection process that began Tuesday. After three jurors were seated Tuesday, two others were seated Wednesday, leaving nine seats left to be filled.
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Source: KTSP
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