BREAKING: Verdict Reached In Trial Of Derek Chauvin

NBC News reports:

The jury has reached a verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged with murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.

The verdict will be read in open court between 3:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. local time. The panel of seven women and five men began deliberating Monday after three weeks of witness testimony.

Chauvin is charged with second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. The third-degree murder charge had initially been dismissed, but it was reinstated after an appeals court ruling in an unrelated case established new grounds for it days before jury selection started.

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BREAKING: The jury has reached a verdict at the murder trial of a former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd’s death. https://t.co/OZvH2Alro1

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