3rd-degree murder count could be reinstated in George Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota -- The Minnesota Court docket of Appeals on Friday ordered a choose to rethink including a third-degree homicide cost towards a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's dying, handing a possible victory to prosecutors, however establishing a attainable delay to a trial set to start out subsequent week.A 3-judge panel stated Hennepin County District Decide Peter Cahill erred final fall when he rejected a prosecution movement to reinstate the third-degree homicide cost towards Derek Chauvin. The panel stated Cahill ought to have adopted the precedent set by the appeals court docket final month when it affirmed the third-degree homicide conviction of former officer Mohamed Noor within the 2017 taking pictures dying of Justine Ruszczyk Damond. The u...