KEY POINTS
  • A Minnesota judge rejected a request for a new trial for former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin.
  • The denial came hours before the judge is due to sentence Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, a Black man whose videotaped brutal killing sparked demands for reform of police departments.
  • Prosecutors have asked Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill to sentence Chauvin to 30 years in prison.