Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin is displayed in a mix of cops scheduling images after a jury discovered him guilty on all counts in his trial for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree murder in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 20, 2021.
Minnesota Department of Corrections | by means of Reuters
Floyd, a 46-year-old Black male, passed away after Chauvin kneeled on his neck for more than 9 minutes. Video of the occurrence stimulated an across the country demonstration motion versus cops cruelty and systemic bigotry.
The most severe charge versus Chauvin brings an optimal sentence of 40 years in jail, though sentencing standards frequently require much less jail time than the optimum.
Chauvin’s sentencing date is arranged to come more than 8 weeks after the confidential 12-member jury provided its decision, following about 10 hours of consideration at the end of the three-week trial in Minnesota.
