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Why this trial was different: Experts react to guilty verdict for Derek Chauvin

  • Written by Alexis Karteron, Associate Professor of Law, Rutgers University - Newark
imageA woman reacts to the news that Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three counts in the murder of George Floyd.Scott Olson/Getty Images

Scholars analyze the guilty verdicts handed down to former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the 2020 murder of George Floyd. Outside the courthouse, crowds cheered and church bells sounded – a...

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