Judge delays trial of two former cops in George Floyd killing until 2023

Cahill denied a defense motion for a change of venue due to the extensive pretrial publicity surrounding the case, but did say that recent publicity from a plea deal struck by a third defendant, Thomas Lane, could create an unfair trial if it were to begin as planned on June 13.

He also said that the convictions in February of Lane, Thao and Kueng on federal civil rights charges could make it difficult to seat an impartial jury. ‘These two recent events and the publicity surrounding them are significant in [that] it could make it more difficult for jurors to presume Thao, 35, and Kueng, 28, innocent of the state charges,’ Cahill wrote in his ruling.

Pushing the trial back should ‘diminish the impact of this publicity on the defendants’ right and ability to receive a fair trial from an impartial and unbiased jury,’ according to the judge. Cahill also presided over last year’s trial of former officer Derek Chauvin, who was sentenced to 22 1/2-year kneeling on Floyd’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes as he said he couldn’t breathe. Floyd’s killing led to a national reckoning on racial injustice and protests across the globe.

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