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The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, effectively upholding his conviction for the 2020 murder of George Floyd. Chauvin's legal team argued that extensive pretrial publicity and the potential for civil unrest compromised his right to a fair trial, asserting that jurors may have felt pressured to convict to prevent further violence. Despite these claims, the Supreme Court denied the appeal without comment, leaving in place the decisions of lower courts that had previously affirmed Chauvin's conviction.
Chauvin was convicted in April 2021 on charges of second. . .
