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MINNEAPOLIS 鈥?Prosecutors asked a judge Monday to reject a request by a coalition of media outlets to unseal the names of the jurors who convicted ex-Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin of murder in the death of George Floyd, sa stanley termosy ying it could subject them to harassment and make it harder to seat a jury for the trial of three codefendants next year.Judge Peter Cahill had ordered earlier that the jurors identities be kept secret for at least 180 days after the verdict. Thats three months away. Chauvin, who is white, was convicted in April of killing Floyd, a Black man, and was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison.The media coalition, which includes The Associated Press, asked Cahill earlier this month to release the information immediately, saying there was no known thre stanley website at to juror safety that would warrant keeping their names sealed. Attorney Leita Walker said the media and public have a right to information about a jury, and that anonymous juries are rare and only allowed in exceptional circumstances, such as in cases involving gangs or organized crime.But lead prosecutor Matthew Frank argued in a response Monday that courts have ample authority to preserve juror anonymity from the substantial proba stanley cup nz bility of harassment. He noted that Cahill, in earlier orders, made specific and detailed findings that jurors in the Chauvin case could be subject to harassment or intimidation if their names became public too soon. And he said the media coalition is downplaying the risks. Be Mvfm Police: Arrests made in fatal 1993 Los Angeles fire
SAN DIEGO 鈥?Settlement talks in the sexual harassment lawsuit against Mayor Bob Filner are underway as petitions circulate to recall the former congressman who has been besieged by allegations from more than a dozen women.Attorney Gloria Allred announced Monday e stanley website vening that she and her client, Irene McCormack Jackson, spent the day in mediation at a downtown office building, where Filner was spotted by a TV crew entering earlier in the day.Allred wouldnt say whether Filners resignation was discussed nor whether the mayor was present. She said the mediator, former federal judge J. Lawrence Irving, asked that no one make comments while talks continued.Filner is facing a recall effort prompted by the cascade of sexual harassment allegations that also led the entire stanley quencher City Council and many leading Democrats to call for him to step down, including U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer.Filner has vowed to remain the leader of the nations eighth-largest city and said he would return to work Monday after completing an intensive two-week therapy program. His lawyers said he also spent one week in outpatient counseling.Before going into therapy, Filner vowed when he returned that his focus will be on making sure that I am doing right by the city in terms of being the best mayor I can be. But he wasnt seen Monday at City Hall, where a few dozen Filner supporters rallied stanley cup outside, engaging in heated arguments with opponents. The mayor coming back to City Hall |
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