Attorneys in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd are set to make their closing arguments Monday.

Update:

Closing arguments in the Derek Chauvin trial have concluded. Read more here.

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Derek Chauvin, who was seen in a video kneeling on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes, is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

Last week, Judge Peter Cahill told the 14 members of the jury that they should return to court at 10 a.m. ET on Monday.

Watch coverage of closing arguments below, courtesy of PBS. Prosecution exhibit may contain graphic language and images:

For prosecutors, Chauvin recklessly squeezed the life from Floyd, despite his “repeated cries that he couldn’t breathe — actions they say warrant conviction not just for manslaughter but also on two murder counts,” The Associated Press reports.

For the defense, Floyd put himself at risk by swallowing fentanyl and methamphetamine, then resisted officers trying to arrest him — “factors that compounded his vulnerability to a diseased heart and raise sufficient doubt that Chauvin should be acquitted,” The AP’s Steve Karnowski, Amy Forliti and Tammy Webber add.

>>Take a look back at 95.5 WSB’s ‘day-to-day’ trial coverage here.

Following each side’s closing argument, the anonymous jury will deliver verdicts at a courthouse in a city embroiled in fresh outrage over the police killing of a 20-year-old man in a nearby suburb.

According to The AP, all three of the charges Chauvin is facing require that the jury conclude his actions were a “substantial causal factor” in Floyd’s death — and that his use of force was unreasonable.

Second-degree murder requires prosecutors to prove Chauvin intended to harm Floyd. “Third-degree murder requires proof that Chauvin’s actions were ‘eminently dangerous’ and done with indifference to loss of life,” The AP’s Karnowski, Forliti and Webber explain, adding, “Second-degree manslaughter requires jurors to believe that he caused Floyd’s death through negligence and consciously took the chance of causing severe injury or death.”

Each count carries a different maximum sentence: 40 years for second-degree unintentional murder, 25 years for third-degree murder, and 10 years for second-degree manslaughter.

>>Read more about sentencing guidelines and follow The AP’s live coverage here.

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