Derek Chauvin Seeks to Overturn Conviction Citing New Evidence

Former officer claims George Floyd's death was caused by a rare tumor, not his actions, according to a Kansas pathologist.

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted for the 2020 murder of George Floyd, is making another attempt to overturn his federal civil rights conviction.
Chauvin claims new evidence shows he didn’t cause Floyd’s death and is asking the judge who presided over his trial to throw out his conviction and order a new trial, or at least an evidentiary hearing.
He alleges that Dr. William Schaetzel, a Kansas pathologist, believes Floyd died not from asphyxia from Chauvin’s actions, but from complications of a rare tumor called a paraganglioma that can cause a fatal surge of adrenaline.
Chauvin further alleges that Schaetzel reached out to his trial attorney, Eric Nelson, in 2021, as well as the judge and prosecution in his state-court murder trial, but that Nelson never told him about the pathologist or his ideas.
A federal appeals court has rejected Chauvin’s requests for a rehearing twice. He’s still waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether it will hear his appeal of his state court murder conviction.