Derek Chauvin's Murder Conviction Upheld in George Floyd Killing by Appeals Court.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s second-degree murder conviction in the killing of George Floyd and let his 22 1/2-year sentence remain in place. Chauvin’s attorney had asked the appeals court to throw out the ex-officer’s convictions for a long list of reasons, including the massive pretrial publicity. But the three-judge panel sided with prosecutors who said Chauvin got a fair trial and just sentence. Floyd died on May 25, 2020, after Chauvin, who is white, used his knee to pin the Black man’s neck to the ground for 9 1/2 minutes.