Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, whose dying gasps under Chauvin s knee led to the biggest outcry against racial injustice in the U.S. in generations.
Chauvin gets 22 1/2 years in prison for George Floyd’s death By: Associated Press June 25, 2021
3:18 pm
By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, whose dying gasps under Chauvin’s knee led to the biggest outcry against racial injustice in the U.S. in generations.
The punishment handed out Friday fell short of the 30 years that prosecutors had requested.
With good behavior, Chauvin, 45, could be paroled after serving two-thirds of his sentence, or about 15 years.
Chauvin, who did not testify at his trial, removed his COVID-19 mask and turned toward the Floyd family, speaking only briefly because of what he called “some additional legal matters at hand” an apparent reference to the federal civil rights trial he still faces.