China News Agency, New York, March 8th. On March 8, local time, Judge Peter Cahill of Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA announced that the Freud murder case that was originally scheduled to begin that day involved former policeman Derek Shaw. Wan's trial was postponed for at least one day, and a specific decision could be made after the appeal court gave its opinion.
According to the Associated Press, the trial of former policeman Xiao Wan suspected of killing George Floyd, an African American man, was originally scheduled to begin in Minneapolis on the 8th, but prosecutor Matthew Frank said The Ming State Court of Appeals is deciding whether to resume the third-degree murder charge against Xiao Wan, and the prosecution has submitted a request to suspend the trial of the case to the Court of Appeals. Judge Cahill decided to postpone the jury selection process for at least one day after consideration.
Cahill said he would seek advice from the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
"Unless the higher court asks me to suspend, the trial will continue," he said. "If no comments are received, the trial will continue tomorrow."
In June last year, Xiao Wan, the main suspect in the Freud murder case, was charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter.
In October of that year, Cahill announced that the third-degree murder charge against Xiao Wan was dropped, and the second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter charges against him were still convicted.
Cahill said at the time that only if the defendant’s actions posed “a major danger to others in addition to the specific person who died”, the third-degree murder charge could be maintained.
The Associated Press analysis pointed out that this time the prosecutors filed the appeals court to resume the third-degree murder charge against Xiao Wan, in the opinion of legal experts, to increase the probability of final conviction.
The local media "Star Tribune" reported that although the jury selection process on March 8 did not proceed as scheduled, both parties in the litigation reached an agreement on issues involving jurors and witnesses during the motion hearing, including strict rules on the name of the juror. Confidentiality, requiring that the list of witnesses be announced to both parties one week before the opening statement, and not allowing ordinary witnesses to watch the trial before and after the court.
On that day, thousands of people held a demonstration outside the Hennepin County Government Center. Many facilities such as barbed wire, concrete barriers, and chain fences were affixed with posters conveying protesters' messages. Law enforcement officers were patrolling everywhere on the road.
The "Star Tribune" said that the trial jury selection of the main suspect in this case, Xiao Wan, will last about three weeks. The trial debate is scheduled to begin on March 29. The trial of the other three police officers involved in the case will be held. It started in August this year.
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