[BREAKING] Officer Who Killed George Floyd Sentenced to 22½ Years In Prison

• Prosecutors were asking for a 30 year sentence.

Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to 22½ years in prison in the 2020 murder of George Floyd.

Prosecutors had asked for a 30 year sentence, and Chauvin’s attorney asked for probation and time served. Chauvin was convicted in April of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

Technically, Chauvin faced up to 40 years in prison for second-degree murder, up to 25 years for third-degree murder and up to 10 years for manslaughter.

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However, Chauvin has no prior criminal record. State guidelines say that for such a person, the presumptive sentence for both second-degree and third-degree murder is 12½ years. The judge was given discretion to hand down a sentence between 10 years and eight months and 15 years for each.

Second-degree manslaughter carries a presumptive sentence of four years for someone with no record, according to the guidelines. The judge’s discretion ranged from three years and five months to four years and eight months.

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Before the sentence was read, four members of George Floyd’s family, including his 7-year-old daughter, gave victim impact statements.

Chauvin also addressed the court, saying “I want to give my condolences to the Floyd family.”