Report: Chauvin agreed to plead guilty to 3rd degree murder, former AG Barr blocked

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Updated: February 10, 2021 at 10:26 pm

Date created: February 10, 2021 at 8:35 pm


Less than a month before the ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial begins, a new report states that Chauvin was prepared to plead guilty to murder and avoid a trial before his deal was blocked by federal officials.

A report published by The New York Times on Wednesday night states that Chauvin believed that the case against him in George Floyd’s death was so bad that he agreed to plead guilty to third degree murder and was willing to go to prison. prison for more than 10 years.

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