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Prosecutors are seeking a 30-year sentence for the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd, but a defense attorney is asking that Derek Chauvin be sentenced to probation and time already served.

The defense at the murder trial of former Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd has rested its case without putting Chauvin on the stand.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has dismissed prosecutors' request to delay the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd.

A former Minneapolis police officer who held his knee to the neck of George Floyd for several minutes will be tried separately from three other former officers accused in his death.

In an East Texas case that has lasted 40 years, Kerry Max Cook could possibly be exonerated of the murder of Linda Joe Edwards in 1977.

At about 3:15 Central time today a jury found Dr. Conrad Murray guilty of involuntarily causing the death of Michael Jackson. Murray has been convicted of administering a lethal dose of propofol to Jackson on June 25, 2009. Murray faces up to four years in prison for his involuntary manslaughter conviction...