Verdict Is ‘Step’ to Justice, Minnesota AG Says: Chauvin Update Bloomberg 36 mins ago Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes last May, was convicted of second-degree murder in his politically explosive trial.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin
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Chauvin, 45, was charged in the death of Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man accused of passing a counterfeit bill at a convenience store. Under Minnesota law he faces as many as four decades in prison, although he will probably get much less time under state sentencing guidelines. The jury got the case on April 19 following three weeks of emotional and sometimes graphic testimony from medical experts, family members and anguished bystanders. In rendering its verdict on Tuesday, it also convicted Chauvin of the lesser charges of third-degree murde
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