A Minnesota man accused of killing a top Democratic state lawmaker and wounding another is now facing new and upgraded state charges.

Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, will lie in state in the state Capitol Rotunda on Friday, a day ahead of their funeral.

The man charged with killing a prominent Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another could face the death penalty, something that is a rarity for Minnesota but could become more common under the Trump administration.

The prosecutor elected in George Floyd’s county after his murder is facing fierce backlash not even halfway into her term.

The family of Rick Cobb II say they were mistreated by government officials and failed by a system that rarely holds law enforcement accountable.

A progressive Minnesota prosecutor who was elected on a platform of police accountability has reluctantly dropped charges against a state trooper who fatally shot a Black man after a traffic stop.

The family of a Minnesota man who was killed by a state trooper during a traffic stop has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit, alleging that the fatal shooting was unjustified and unlawful.

A Minnesota state trooper has been charged with murder in the shooting of motorist Ricky Cobb II after he failed to get out of his car during a July traffic stop.

A 35-year-old man who was sent to prison for the 2004 killing of a man in a Minneapolis flower shop was released after a judge ruled the eyewitness evidence on which his conviction rested was unreliable.

Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has offered condolences to George Floyd’s family in a brief statement in court before hearing his sentence for second-degree murder.

African Americans bring “an institutional memory of the police” to jury rooms that whites and even other people of color don’t share, he said. AdDerek Chauvin is charged with murder and manslaughter in Floyd's death May 25. When they do, recent history suggests a more diverse jury increases the odds for conviction, although the record is mixed. During questioning for Chauvin's jury, some people in the pool were strikingly direct about how the color of their skin affected their view of Floyd's death. A Black man in his 30s who immigrated to America more than 14 years ago said he talked with his wife about the case.

Here’s a look at how alternate jurors will work in the trial of the former officer charged with murder and manslaughter:WHAT ARE ALTERNATE JURORS? AdDuring the criminal trial, alternate jurors will be indistinguishable from their peers. But Moriarty said alternate jurors will be even more important in this trial, given the high-profile nature of Floyd's death and the ongoing pandemic. After attorneys present their arguments, criminal prosecution rules stipulate that alternate jurors “must be discharged” when the jury goes into deliberations. Just six sentences are devoted to alternate jurors in Minnesota’s Rules of Criminal Procedure, the rules that govern how criminal prosecutions work in the state.