Derek Chauvin is going to appeal his murder conviction of George Floyd to the Supreme Court after the Minnesota Supreme Court rejected hearing his appeal.

He’s appealing it on the grounds that he didn’t get a fair trial.

Here’s more from The Hill:

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review his conviction after Minnesota’s top court declined to hear the case this week.

Chauvin’s attorney, William Mohrman, told The Associated Press they were “obviously disappointed” in the Minnesota Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday.

Mohrman said the biggest issue they appealed was whether Chauvin was denied a fair trial in 2021 when the case was held in Minneapolis. The attorney cited the pretrial publicity that came with the case and the potential for violence if Chauvin had been acquitted.

Chauvin’s legal representation plans to raise that issue before the U.S. Supreme Court.

“This criminal trial generated the most amount of pretrial publicity in history,” Morhman told the AP. “More concerning are the riots which occurred after George Floyd’s death [and] led the jurors to all express concerns for their safety in the event they acquitted Mr. Chauvin — safety concerns which were fully evidenced by surrounding the courthouse in barbed wire and National Guard troops during the trial and deploying the National Guard throughout Minneapolis prior to jury deliberations.”

Chauvin’s attorneys have previously argued he was denied a fair trial when jurors weren’t sequestered before the trial.

Not only didn’t he get a fair trial but he got a completely unfair conviction. Because we all know Floyd died because he overdosed, not because Chauvin murdered him.

It will be big news if the Supreme Court actually decides to hear this case. I have my doubts, but given the injustice I also have my hopes.