Civil Rights Attorney Vanita Gupta Confirmed As Associate Attorney General The 51-49 vote elevates Gupta to the No. 3 position inside the Justice Department, where she's expected to help shape the administration's efforts to reform policing. Jason Breslow
A 'Relic' And 'Burden': Manhattan District Attorney To Stop Prosecuting Prostitution Cyrus Vance Jr. announced the new policy on Wednesday and appeared virtually in court to seek the dismissal of more than 5,000 prostitution-related cases dating back to the 1970s. Rachel Treisman
Activist: Convictions In George Floyd's Death Could Represent 'A Huge Paradigm Shift' "It would have been unimaginable just even a month ago that something like that was possible," activist and civil rights lawyer Nekima Levy Armstrong says following Derek Chauvin's murder conviction. Noel King
What's Next For Chauvin And 3 Other Ex-Officers In Cases Over George Floyd's Murder? Derek Chauvin is scheduled to be sentenced in June. Later this summer, his three fellow former officers are slated to go on trial on charges of aiding and abetting murder. Bill Chappell
Washington families of people killed by police react to Chauvin verdict Bittersweet. Hopeful. Washington families of people killed by police react to Chauvin verdict. Amy Radil
DOJ To Investigate Minneapolis Police For Possible Patterns Of Excessive Force Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the inquiry a day after a jury convicted former officer Dereck Chauvin on murder charges in the death of George Floyd. Carrie Johnson
'Justice By Video' Made Chauvin Case Different, Floyd Family Lawyer Says NPR's Noel King talks to Chris Stewart, a lawyer for George Floyd's family, about what the conviction of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin means for the family, and Black communities across America.
Chauvin Is Taken Into Custody To Wait For Sentencing The conviction of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd is a major moment in the push for police to face accountability in the killings of Black men. Adrian Florido
Biden Speaks To Nation After Conviction In Derek Chauvin Trial President Biden addressed how rare it is for a police officer to be convicted for killing a Black person in America, and talked about the need to overhaul the criminal justice system. Juana Summers
'Finally': America Reacts To Chauvin Guilty Verdict Across the country, jubilation and relief broke out at the guilty verdict for the former Minneapolis police officer. But many people see it as the start of a long fight toward justice. Emma Bowman