Former Minneapolis Police Officer Mohamed Nur Denial of Murder Canceled | National

The Minnesota Supreme Court overturned Mohamed Nur conviction for murder of a perverted mind of the third degree in the death of Justin Rushick Dammond in 2017

CBS Minnesota reports that in court documents filed Wednesday (September 15th), the state supreme court decided to overturn the murder sentence of the former Minneapolis police officer and sent the case to the district court, where he will be convicted of his second-degree murder sentence. .

The decision states that the mental state necessary for a perverted-minded murder “constitutes a general indifference to human life”, which cannot exist when the defendant’s actions are “specifically aimed at the murdered person”.

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In March, Noor’s lawyer filed a petition asking the Minnesota Supreme Court to hear the case after the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled earlier this year to uphold the conviction for Diamond’s 2019 murder.

So far, Nur has spent nearly 30 months in prison. He was sentenced to 12 and a half years after jurors found him guilty of third-degree murder and second-degree murder. That same month, the Diamond family received $ 20 million at the largest police station in Minneapolis history at the time.

The Ruszczyk family issued a statement after the news of the court’s decision: “Our family woke up this morning to the news of the decision of the Supreme Court of Minnesota that the perverted and senseless shooting of Mohamed Nur in our beloved Justin is not considered murder under Minnesota law.” , the statement said. is read in part, according to CBS Minnesota. “Again, we are heartbroken because we agreed with the trial court, the lower appellate court and, most importantly, the jury of Minnesota residents who believed that to be the case.”

Noor’s conviction was stated in contrast to the case of George Floyd because he was a black police officer convicted of killing a white woman, talks to a former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin, a white officer convicted of killing a black man and later sentenced to 22 years in prison.