George Floyd: Derek Chauvin trial won’t be moved or delayed after $27m settlement, judge rules

Josh Marcus
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<p>In this screen grab from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, defendant and former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, right, and Nelson's assistant Amy Voss, back, introduce themselves to jurors as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides over jury selection in the trial of Chauvin Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd. </p> ((Court TV, via AP, Pool))

In this screen grab from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, defendant and former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, right, and Nelson's assistant Amy Voss, back, introduce themselves to jurors as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides over jury selection in the trial of Chauvin Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd.

((Court TV, via AP, Pool))

The trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd, will not be moved to a new venue or delayed, a judge decided on Friday, overruling arguments from Mr Chauvin’s lawyers that a recently announced $27 million settlement with Mr Floyd’s family and massive amounts of pre-trial publicity could skew the case.

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