Derek Chauvin Faces Up To 21 Years In Prison For George Floyd’s Death
Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter in the case surrounding the death of George Floyd last May.
The 12 jurors found him guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
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Chauvin, a former US police officer, had pleaded not guilty to three charges of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Floyd’s death sparked protests worldwide against racial injustice, as it had been captured on video, with Chauvin being seen to have knelt on his neck for over nine minutes.
The jury, however, took less than two days after a three-week trial to unanimously find the ex-officer guilty. Chauvin could now be handed a number of decades in prison for Floyd’s murder.
The case is the first in the Minnesota state history of a while police officer being held accountable for the death of a black man.
However, the maximum sentence for second-degree unintentional murder is imprisonment of not more than 40 years.
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The maximum sentence for third-degree murder is imprisonment of not more than 25 years.
The maximum sentence for second-degree manslaughter is 10 years and/or $20,000.
This mean the multiple counts will be served concurrently, the overdue for his prison is around 19-21 years of which he would serve 12-14 in prison.
