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FILE - In this April 20, 2021 file image from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, center, is taken into custody as his attorney, Eric Nelson, left, looks on, after the verdicts were read at Chauvin's trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd,, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Nelson has requested a new trial, saying the court abused its discretion when it refused to change the venue in the original proceedings, according to a court document filed Tuesday, May 4, 2021. (Court TV via AP, Pool, File)

Chauvin’s lawyer seeks new trial, hearing to impeach verdict

By AMY FORLITI - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 15, 2021, file image from video, prosecutor Jerry Blackwell speaks as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill discusses motions before the court in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minn. (Court TV via AP, Pool, File)

Prosecutors seek higher sentence for Chauvin in Floyd death

By AMY FORLITI - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 19, 2021 file image from police body camera video George Floyd responds to police after they approached his car outside Cup Foods in Minneapolis, on May 25, 2020. The image was shown as prosecutor Steve Schleicher gave closing arguments at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged in the May 25 death of Floyd. (Court TV via AP, Pool, File)

Key moments in closing arguments of Chauvin trial

By AMY FORLITI and STEPHEN GROVES and TAMMY WEBBER - Associated Press

FILE - This May 25, 2020, file image from a police body camera shows bystanders including Alyssa Funari, left filming, Charles McMillan, center left in light colored shorts, Christopher Martin center in gray, Donald Williams, center in black, Genevieve Hansen, fourth from right filming, Darnella Frazier, third from right filming, as former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was recorded pressing his knee on George Floyd's neck for several minutes in Minneapolis. To the prosecution, the witnesses who watched Floyd's body go still were regular people -- a firefighter, a mixed martial arts fighter, a high school student and her 9-year-old cousin in a T-shirt emblazoned with the word &quot;Love.&quot; (Minneapolis Police Department via AP, File)

2 views of Floyd onlookers: Desperate to help, or angry mob?

By JIM SALTER - Associated Press

In this image from video, witness Charles McMillian becomes emotional as he answers questions as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides Wednesday, March 31, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd. (Court TV via AP, Pool)

Key moments at Derek Chauvin’s trial in George Floyd’s death

By TAMMY WEBBER - Associated Press

In this image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, and defendant, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin address Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill during motions before the court Thursday, April 15, 2021, in the trial of Chauvin, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd. Chauvin told the judge he will not testify on his own behalf. (Court TV via AP, Pool)

EXPLAINER: Here’s why Derek Chauvin won’t testify at trial

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

In this image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson questions Dr. Andrew Baker, Hennepin County Chief Medical Examiner, as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides Friday, April 9, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd. (Court TV via AP, Pool)

For Chauvin’s trial attorney, it’s all about raising doubt

By AMY FORLITI and DOUG GLASS - Associated Press

In this image from video, prosecutor Jerry Blackwell, left, speaks while defense attorney Eric Nelson, right, listens, as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides during opening statements, Monday, March 29, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, in the May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. (Court TV via AP, Pool)

EXPLAINER: Legion of Chauvin prosecutors, each with own role

By JIM SALTER - Associated Press

This image from a police body camera shows people gathering as former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was recorded pressing his knee on George Floyd's neck for several minutes as onlookers yelled at Chauvin to get off and Floyd saying that he couldn't breathe on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis. From the moment a bystander filmed the incident, video shaped the public's understanding of Floyd's death. (Minneapolis Police Department via AP)

2 views of Floyd onlookers: Desperate to help, or angry mob

By JIM SALTER - Associated Press

In this image taken from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson speaks as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides over pre-trial motions, prior to continuing jury selection, Monday, March 15, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn., in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged in the May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd. (Court TV/Pool via AP)

EXPLAINER: Chauvin’s lawyer is outnumbered, but has help

By JIM SALTER - Associated Press

A group of protesters march in the snow around the Hennepin County Government Center, Monday, March 15, 2021, in Minneapolis where the second week of jury selection continues in the trial for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin is charged with murder in the death of George Floyd during an arrest last may in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

2 jurors dropped from Chauvin trial after $27M settlement

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI - Associated Press

A group of protesters march in the snow around the Hennepin County Government Center, Monday, March 15, 2021, in Minneapolis where the second week of jury selection continues in the trial for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin is charged with murder in the death of George Floyd during an arrest last may in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Ex-officer wants jury to hear about 2019 George Floyd arrest

By Steve Karnowski and Amy Forliti - Associated Press

Ex-principal sentenced to jail for not reporting child abuse

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Ex-school principal enters plea for failing to report abuse

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In a April 6, 2018 photo, Dr. Angela Gibson, left, and Nurse Marie Clarke work with Terry Krause, of Ripon, Wis. Dr. Angela Gibson was a 22-year-old nurse on April 20, 1998, when a mentally ill man boarded a bus in Madison and lit the driver and all five passengers on fire. The experience inspired her to get an MD-PhD. After 14 years of additional training, she became at burn surgeon at UW in 2015. ((Steve Apps/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

Madison fire inspired burn nurse to be surgeon, researcher

By DAVID WAHLBERG - Associated Press

Ex-Minn. Viking’s wife imprisoned in fatal crash

By MARTIGA LOHN - Associated Press

Senser gets 41 months in fatal Minn. hit-and-run

By MARTIGA LOHN - Associated Press

Wife of former Viking faces prison for hit-and-run

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

Civil settlement reached in Senser hit-and-run

By AMY FORLITI - Associated Press

Juror: Senser verdict on circumstantial evidence

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press