Illinois lawmakers are considering reinstating voting rights for people currently serving a felony sentence.
Author: Eric Ferkenhoff, USA TODAY
Minneapolis voters to decide fate of police department more than year after George Floyd’s death
Minneapolis, home of George Floyd, may vote to dramatically change police on Nov. 2. How will this change reverberate across the US?
Chauvin expected to file appeal of guilty verdict. But the issues to be raised are up for debate.
Now that fired police officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted on all three counts against him, he can still file an appeal. But the odds are not good, considering some 90% of appeals are denied across the United States.
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Eric Nelson isn’t working alone to defend Derek Chauvin. A police legal fund is backing him up with a dozen lawyers and $1 million.
Minnesota’s largest federation of officers and unions is supporting Eric Nelson’s defense of Derek Chauvin with a dozen lawyers and a million dollars.