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The defense attorney for the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd has requested a new trial, saying the court abused its discretion on several points.

If convicted, Rodriguez faces mandatory life sentences with the possibility of parole on both the murder and felony murder charges.

Closing arguments are set for Monday.

Covering the trial of ex-Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd is a particularly intense experience for Black journalists.

Prosecutors trying a former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd’s death put Floyd’s girlfriend on the witness stand in an effort to humanize him for the jury.

A jury in Natrona County District Court convicted Samuel Barrett on Oct. 15.

U.S. House prosecutors have criticized Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and most of his colleagues “for trying to have it both ways.”

A pre-sentence investigation will be conducted over the next eight to nine weeks and a sentencing date will be set.

The prosecution and defense rested their cases, the defense did not call any witnesses, and the matter will go to the jury later today.

In December 2019, the Wyoming Supreme Court dismissed the November 2018 verdict of third-degree sexual assault.