Posted on 11/16/2023 7:25:24 AM PST by Red Badger
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 this week, The Associated Press reported.
Chauvin is requesting the judge who oversaw his trial to toss his conviction and order a new trial or an evidentiary hearing at the very least.
Chauvin was sentenced in July 2022 to more than two decades in prison for violating Floyd's federal civil rights when the then-officer arrested Floyd and pinned him to the ground for more than 9 minutes as he died. Floyd's death sparked mass Black Lives Matter protests and riots across the United States during the summer of 2020.
Kansas Dr. William Schaetzel told Chauvin that after reviewing autopsy reports, he believes Floyd died from complications of a rare tumor that can spark a fatal adrenaline surge.
Prosecutors argued during the 2021 state trial that Floyd died as a result of Chauvin's actions, not because of an underlying health condition or drug use.
When Chauvin pleaded guilty in December 2021 to the federal charge, he waived his appeal rights, except for on the basis of ineffective counsel. A federal appeals court already rejected Chauvin's rehearing requests twice.
However, Chauvin alleges in this appeal that Schaetzel contacted his trial attorney, Eric Nelson, in 2021, along with the judge and prosecution in the state murder trial, but that Nelson never informed him about the pathologist or his theories. Chauvin also claims that Nelson failed to challenge the federal charge's constitutionality.
The U.S. Supreme Court has not decided whether it will hear his appeal of his state convictions on second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
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This guy is yet another political prisoner.
Yep, brought to you by Maxine Waters and the other psychopaths running our country. Poorly by the way.
The conviction isn’t about something he did. It’s about what he represents and to whom he represents it. It’s “social” commentary. It’s virtue signaling. The fact a man’s life is ruined for just doing his job...that doesn’t matter. Down with the white patriarchy and all that.
What a farce, all in the name of wokeness.
A whole bunch of people LIED and Covered up EVIDENCE in this sham trial, including and especially the Judge and Prosecutor. They all belong in PRISON, everyone knows Saint george died from a Fentanyl overdose while resisting arrest.
The guy may be an a-hole but he is not a murderer.
I hope he gets out. I’m praying favor over him
Democrat Kiddie Rapers destroyed an innocent man for political propaganda.
You mean this “white” guy....
He’ll have to go into a protection program...
I’m sure he would MUCH prefer that over prison
Absolutely! Even the original death certificate states that George Floyd died of heart failure following a massive overdose of illegal drugs, not from asphyxiation.
This was all about defeating Trump. Police sent to prison for a long time, millions in property damage, and people getting killed in riots was just collateral damage.
How much further will they go to defeat Trump in 2024?
-- Heather MacDonald
https://www.city-journal.org/article/tell-the-truth-about-law-enforcement-and-crime
Agree. He was basically flipping the bird at the antagonistic bystanders and ended up winning a stupid prize for his stupid game playing.
Agree Chauvin is a despicable character who should never have been a cop. But 2nd degree murder is a step too far. I would have gone with criminal negligence.
why is he despicable if it’s all a lie?
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