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• Derek Chauvin to be tried separately in Floyd death

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  The three other officers charged in Floyd's death will stand trial together

• Prosecutors to retry man accused in 1983 killing of police officer

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  The incoming district attorney will not seek the death penalty again despite the family's wishes for capital punishment

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  Ways to ensure lessons from pursuit training have a lasting impact

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  Pursuit Response

  A training expert discusses why agencies should include pursuit in their de-escalation training and what factors ensure the lessons last

• Prosecutors challenge livestreaming of Floyd trial, say it could limit testimony

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  A judge-ordered livestream might subject witnesses to intimidation threats and dissuade them from testifying, prosecutors argued

• Judge: Trial for officers in Floyd case will stay in Minneapolis

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  A judge declined a request to move the trial out of Hennepin County after the defense argued the officers wouldn't get a fair trial there

• Judge rejects cameras for ex-cops' hearings in Floyd death

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  The judge will rule later on whether cameras will be allowed at trial

• U.S. Supreme Court requires unanimous jury verdicts for serious crimes

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  The justices concluded that the Sixth Amendment, which guarantees the right to an impartial trial, requires that jurors be unanimous

• Due to COVID-19, Colo. judge declares mistrial in slaying of deputy

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  The trial for the man accused of killing Deputy Heath Gumm in 2018 ended amid juror concerns about the coronavirus

• Ex-Black Panther gets new hearing in 1981 LEO death

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  The man is serving a life sentence for the slaying of Officer Daniel Faulkner during a traffic stop in 1981

• El Chapo seeks new trial, citing jury misconduct

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  Attorneys asked a federal judge to grant a new trail to the drug lord, saying jurors improperly followed media coverage of the case

• Dallas court indicts former officer in Sept. shooting case

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  Dallas County court records show that Amber Guyger has been indicted on a murder charge for the killing of her unarmed neighbor

• Chicago cop says her report on Laquan McDonald shooting falsified by detective on trial

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  Officer Dora Fontaine insisted she never reported seeing McDonald raise his arm or move to attack Officer Jason Van Dyke with a knife

• Trial begins for officers accused in Van Dyke cover-up

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  "This [trial] is going to have a chilling effect on appropriate, aggressive policing," the executive director of the National Fraternal Order of Police said

• Border Patrol agent acquitted in teen's 2012 death

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  The agent said he was following his training and defending himself and other agents from rocks, which the teen was throwing to distract them from smugglers crossing the border

• Fired Alaska lieutenant wins $2.3M in lawsuit against city

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  The officer was fired over accusations of interfering with investigations of  drug dealing and sexual assault in the Alaska National Guard and then lying to investigators about it

• Tenn. man gets life in prison for officer's killing

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  Prosecutors had sought the death penalty for Tremaine Wilbourn, 41, in the 2015 killing of Officer Sean Bolton

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