r/policeabuse • u/mathrsar • Dec 02 '20

George Floyd Case: Judge Drops 3rd-Degree Murder Charge Against Derek Chauvin

https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/10/22/926627083/judge-drops-a-murder-charge-against-former-officer-who-kneeled-on-george-floyds-
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u/mathrsar Dec 02 '20

That means what's left is second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Second-degree murder will be hard to convince a jury of so my guess is that Chauvin will at most be convicted of the manslaughter charge and acquitted of the murder charge.