Judge faces wide gap in sentencing requests for Derek Chauvin Several attorneys predict the former officer will get about 20 to 25 years in prison for murdering George Floyd. June 24, 2021 5:24am Text size Copy shortlink:
Thirteen months after he murdered George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes in the street, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will face sentencing Friday for the crime that shocked the world and hastened discussions about racial equity and police reform.
Chauvin s sentencing in Hennepin County District Court at 1:30 p.m. likely will be the second time in modern Minnesota history that an officer has been sent to prison for killing a civilian on the job. Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill will consider disparate sentences proposed by Chauvin s attorney and prosecutors probation vs. 30 years, respectively and will possibly offer his first public opinio
Judge Cahill faces wide gap in sentencing requests for Chauvin
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Chauvin to be sentenced Friday for Floyd murder
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By STEVE KARNOWSKI
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) â The Minnesota Supreme Court is deciding how to interpret the state s third-degree murder statute in a police killing case that is expected to have repercussions for the four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd.
The main issue before the justices, who did not say when they would rule, is how to properly interpret Minnesota s third-degree murder statute, which has been hotly debated in the prosecutions over both the Damond and Floyd killings. Here s a look at some of the issues involved:
THE STATUTE:
Minnesota law defines third-degree murder as âan act eminently dangerous to others and evincing a depraved mind, without regard for human life.â A central dispute is whether âdangerous to othersâ must be read as plural, or if the fatal act can be directed at a single, specific person.
EXPLAINER: Noor ruling could have impacts for other ex-cops
STEVE KARNOWSKI, Associated Press
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1of8FILE - In this April 20, 2021, file image taken from video, defendant, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, listens to verdicts at his trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter charges in state court and is scheduled to be sentenced June 25. (Court TV via AP, Pool, File)APShow MoreShow Less
2of8FILE - In this April 19, 2021, file image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, accompanied by defendant, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, speaks to the judge at the Hennepin County courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Prosecutors fought hard to add a third-degree murder charge against Chauvin, but a conviction on that charge alone could set up a problematic scenario for them. (Court TV via AP, Pool)APShow MoreShow Less