On Friday (June 25), former Minneapolis police officer
Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years or 270 months in prison for the murder of
George Floyd. Hennepin County Judge
Peter Cahill submitted a 22-page memorandum to the sentence order. I prefer you read the legal analysis that show how I determined the sentence in this case, he said. Chauvin will be banned from ever owning a firearm, and is required to submit a DNA sample to the state, per Minnesota law.
The sentence was handed down in Minneapolis where Chauvin was convicted of second-degree murder in April, nearly a year after Chauvin knelt into the neck of George Floyd for nine minutes and 29 seconds.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 270 months in prison by Judge Peter Cahill on Friday for his role in the death of George Floyd.BREAKING: Derek Chauvin