{"id":2104290,"date":"2023-11-20T17:51:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T22:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-rejects-ex-cop-chauvins-appeal-for-a-new-trial-in-george-floyd-murder\/"},"modified":"2023-11-20T17:53:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T22:53:32","slug":"scotus-rejects-ex-cop-chauvins-appeal-for-a-new-trial-in-george-floyd-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-rejects-ex-cop-chauvins-appeal-for-a-new-trial-in-george-floyd-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"SCOTUS Rejects Ex-Cop Chauvin\u2019s Appeal For A New Trial In George Floyd Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fscotus-rejects-ex-cop-chauvins-appeal-for-a-new-trial-in-george-floyd-murder%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2104290&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by ANGELA \u2063WEISS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/james-meyers\">James \u2063Meyers<\/a><br \/>2:50 PM \u2013 Monday, November 20, 2023<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court has denied former Minnesota cop Derek Chauvin\u2019s appeal. He was convicted in the murder of George Floyd. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN: Derek Chauvin is \u2064calling his trial a &#8220;sham&#8221;\u2064 while speaking \u200bout\u200b to \u200bthe \u200cmedia\u2063 in his first public comments since the death\u2062 of George Floyd.<\/p>\n<p>The comments from Chauvin \u2063is featured as part of\u200c a new \u2062documentary, The Fall of Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary suggests the FBI\u2026\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8JgyIHBpIL\">pic.twitter.com\/8JgyIHBpIL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin \u2064Rugg \u2062(@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1726729670744477704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The decision by the Supreme\u200d Court was \u2062made on\u2063 Monday, after Chauvin had argued that his\u200c 2021 trial in Minneapolis was biased because it was held during a time of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-rejects-ex-cop-chauvins-appeal-for-a-new-trial-in-george-floyd-murder\/\" title=\"SCOTUS Rejects Ex-Cop Chauvin\u2019s Appeal For A New Trial In George Floyd Murder\">great political \u200dtension<\/a>. He also\u200c believed\u2063 that\u200b the jury was\u200c conflicted by the likelihood of even more violent riots if\u200d he was \u200bacquitted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThis criminal trial generated the most amount of \u200bpretrial publicity in history,\u201d Chauvin\u2019s attorney William\u200b Morhmann said at the time of\u2064 the appeal. \u2064\u201cMore \u200dconcerning are the \u2062riots which occurred \u2064after George Floyd\u2019s death (and) led the\u200b jurors to all express concerns\u200d for \u200ctheir safety in the \u2062event they acquitted Mr. Chauvin \u200b\u2014 safety\u200c concerns which were fully evidenced \u200cby surrounding the courthouse in barbed wire and National \u200dGuard troops during the trial \u2062and deploying\u2062 the National Guard throughout Minneapolis prior \u2062to jury deliberations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, the Minnesota Supreme Court declined to hear Chauvin\u2019s \u200dcase, upholding his\u200c conviction. Currently, the former cop is serving a sentence of 21 years.<\/p>\n<p>Hennepin County Judge \u2062Peter\u2064 Cahill sentenced Chauvin\u200c to 22.5 years after jurors found him guilty of second degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree\u2064 manslaughter. <\/p>\n<p>Last\u200c week,\u2064 Chauvin filed a separate\u2063 motion claiming \u200bthat new evidence he has shows\u2063 he didn\u2019t \u2064cause Floyd\u2019s death. <\/p>\n<p>The former\u200c Minnesota cop is\u2062 asking the judge\u2062 who presided over his trial\u200c to throw out his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/derek-chauvin-attorney-talks-u-s-supreme-court-appeal-every-juror-had-a-stake-in-outcome-of-trial\/\" title=\"Chauvin's lawyer seeks U.S. Supreme Court appeal, claims jurors were invested in trial's outcome.\">civil rights conviction<\/a> and order a new trial, or \u200cat least a hearing for him to present the new evidence. <\/p>\n<p>Chauvin claims\u200c Dr.\u200c William Schaetzel, from Topeka,\u200b Kansas, told him that he believes Floyd died from complications \u200bof a tumor called \u200ba paraganglioma \u2064that can cause a fatal surge of adrenaline, according\u200d to records.<\/p>\n<p>During his\u200d motion, Chauvin\u2062 claimed that no jury would have convicted \u200chim if they would have heard the evidence from Dr. Schatzel. <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to \u200byour inbox \u2062for free. Subscribe\u2064 here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Joe Biden\u00a0pardons this\u2064 years turkeys,\u00a0Liberty and Bell, on his \u2064birthday,\u00a0carrying\u200c out a decades\u200c long\u00a0White House tradition<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Texas is set\u2064 to pass a\u2063 new law that would make it a state \u200dcrime to cross its border illegally.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Alex Newman<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Ami Kozar<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Social media company X CEO Linda Yaccarino told employees that \u201cdata will tell the real story\u201d about its efforts to battle\u200d antisemitism.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Microsoft emerged on Monday as the big \u200cwinner of the upheaval at OpenAI,\u2062 hiring \u200dousted CEO Sam Altman \u2064and other key staff\u2064 of the\u2062 startup.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>OpenAI \u200cnamed ex-Twitch boss Emmett \u200cShear \u2064as interim CEO, while outgoing chief Sam Altman is set to join backer \u2063Microsoft in a\u200d surprise turn\u2063 of events for the startup.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>OpenAI\u2019s\u200c staff has threatened to quit the \u200dAI startup and join former boss \u200dSam Altman\u2063 at Microsoft\u2019s new division unless \u2063the board resigns.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What was the basis \u200cof Derek Chauvin&#8217;s appeal to the Supreme Court in the George \u2063Floyd murder case?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2064The\u200c Supreme Court Denies Derek Chauvin&#8217;s Appeal in George \u2064Floyd Murder Case<\/p>\n<p>In a significant development, \u2064the Supreme \u200cCourt has rejected the appeal of former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted for the murder of George Floyd. The court&#8217;s decision comes after Chauvin argued that his trial was biased and\u2064 influenced by\u200c the \u200bprevailing political tension and \u2062the threat of violent riots if he \u200bwas not acquitted.<\/p>\n<p>Chauvin&#8217;s attorney, \u200cWilliam Morhmann, contended that the trial was marred by unprecedented pretrial publicity, which affected\u200c the jurors \u2063and\u200c their sense of safety.\u2064 He highlighted the riots that \u2062occurred\u200d after Floyd&#8217;s\u200d death, prompting the jurors to \u2064express concerns for\u200b their well-being and leading to\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fmr-capitol-police-chief-sends-letter-explaining-how-intel-community-failed-to-respond-to-jan-6-protests\/\" title=\"Fmr. Capitol Police chief sends letter explaining how Intel Community failed to respond to Jan. 6 protests\">heightened security measures<\/a>, such as the deployment of National Guard troops \u200cand the reinforcement of the\u200b courthouse with barbed \u2062wire.<\/p>\n<p>However, both the Supreme Court and the Minnesota Supreme Court have now\u2063 affirmed Chauvin&#8217;s conviction, \u200dthus upholding the decision made during his initial trial. The former officer is currently serving a prison sentence of 21 years.<\/p>\n<p>During the \u2063trial, Hennepin County Judge\u2064 Peter Cahill sentenced Chauvin\u2064 to\u200d 22.5 years \u200bin prison after the jury found him guilty \u200cof second-degree\u200b murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. However, last \u200dweek, Chauvin submitted a motion presenting new evidence that he\u200b claims exonerates him from causing Floyd&#8217;s\u2064 death.<\/p>\n<p>Chauvin&#8217;s \u200dmotion requests the judge to dismiss his civil rights\u200c conviction and order a new trial or, at the\u200d very\u2064 least, hold a hearing for him to present the purported evidence. The former officer alleges that \u2064Dr. William Schaetzel \u200cfrom Topeka, Kansas, informed him that\u200c Floyd&#8217;s death was the result \u200cof complications from a tumor called a paraganglioma.<\/p>\n<p>The denial of Chauvin&#8217;s appeal by the Supreme Court reaffirms \u2062the conviction and the belief that justice has been served in \u2062the case of George\u2063 Floyd&#8217;s murder. The court&#8217;s decision marks \u200danother step towards \u2064accountability and the acknowledgment of the systemic issues within law enforcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo by ANGELA WEISS\/AFP via Getty Images) OAN\u2019s\u00a0James Meyers 2:50 PM \u2013 Monday, November 20, 2023 The Supreme Court has denied former Minnesota cop Derek Chauvin\u2019s appeal. 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