The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday, April 17, 2023, upheld the most serious murder conviction against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd. Chauvin is serving a 22 1/2-year sentence on the second-degree murder count. His attorney had asked the appeals court to throw out the ex-officer's convictions for several reasons, … [Read more...] about Derek Chauvin’s murder conviction upheld in George Floyd killing
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Derek Chauvin is sentenced to 22 and a half years for murder of George Floyd
The killing of George Floyd on a Minneapolis corner led to nationwide protests, a reckoning over racial injustice touching on virtually every aspect of American life and, on Friday, June 25, 2021, a substantial prison sentence — 22 and a half years — for the former police officer, Derek Chauvin, who ignored Floyd’s desperate cries for help and pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck … [Read more...] about Derek Chauvin is sentenced to 22 and a half years for murder of George Floyd
Derek Chauvin found guilty on all charges in the death of George Floyd
Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted on all charges by a jury in the Hennepin County court on Tuseday, April 20, 2021. The 12 jurors found Chauvin guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in George Floyd's death in May 2020. The maximum sentence for second-degree unintentional murder is … [Read more...] about Derek Chauvin found guilty on all charges in the death of George Floyd