Potential jurors in the Derek Chauvin murder trial are expected to return to court on Tuesday after Trial Judge Peter Cahill paused the proceedings on Monday after a hearing on whether to consider an appeal to reinstate a third-degree murder charge.
The ex-cop is facing second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter charges over the death of George Floyd last May. Chauvin was initially charged with third-degree murder, but his defense team requested the charge dropped because of a lack of probable cause.
“The problem is that it’s still largely unsettled law,” BNC Legal Analyst Candace Kelley told Start Your Day’s Sharon Reed and Mike Hill on Tuesday.
According to Kelley, prosecutors may be giving jurors an option if the other two charges don’t hold.
“I think the prosecution just wants to make sure that everything is on the table so that we don’t end up with nothing, so we don’t end up with someone that just walks away,” she said.
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