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Legal Expert Assesses Derek Chauvin's Defense And Manslaughter Charges In Daunte Wright Killing

Published April 15, 2021 at 12:06 PM EDT

A demonstrator hold a sign "Justice for George" outside the Hennepin County Government Center during the opening statement of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin on March 29, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images)

Georgetown University Law Center professor Paul Butler joins Here & Now‘s Tonya Mosley to discuss the case presented by the defense so far in the murder trial of former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin.

He also discusses the 2nd-degree manslaughter charges against the police officer accused of killing Daunte Wright last weekend.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.