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(This is from the first link I found online.)
Derek Chauvin Sentenced to 22.5 Years for George Floyd Murder:
Derek Chauvin, the white former Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd, a Black man, was sentenced to 22 and half years in prison Friday.
[...] The 22 1/2-year sentence is 10 years more than the state’s guidelines and Cahill justified the longer sentence citing “aggravating factors”.
In his ruling last month, Cahill found that prosecutors had shown there were four aggravating factors that would allow him to hand down a longer prison term than sentencing guidelines would dictate.
The judge agreed that Chauvin abused his position of trust and authority; that he treated Floyd with particular cruelty by kneeling on his neck for over nine minutes, even as Floyd declared “I can’t breathe”; that he committed the crime as part of a group with three other officers; and that he committed the murder in front of children.
The prosecution had requested Derek Chauvin serve 360 months (30 years) in prison. The defense requested 150 months (12.5 years).
From Wikipedia:
On April 20, 2021, a jury, consisting of six white people and six people of color, found Chauvin guilty on three counts: unintentional second-degree murder; third-degree murder; and second-degree manslaughter
Derek Chauvin, 45, was convicted of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. The jurors deliberated for more than 10 hours over two days before coming to their decision.
Also at: NY Times, NBC News, Newsweek.
Previously:
Police Bodycam Footage Shows George Floyd Arrest in Detail
George Floyd Dead - Officers Fired and Charged - Discuss it Here
(Score: 4, Informative) by mendax on Friday June 25 2021, @09:42PM (1 child)
The defense wanted probation for God's sake. Probation for a murder! In any case, the 22.5 years sentence is just, although in my mind it should have been longer. This cop is going to be in hell for a very long time. He's going to be kept in solitary confinement for his own protection for the foreseeable future. That is hell. Eventually he will be thrown into the general prison population where he will have to fend for himself. That is hell.
It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by HiThere on Saturday June 26 2021, @02:13PM
Given what prisons are like, I don't think 20 years is ever just. Anything over about 7 years should be replaced with execution for humanitarian reasons.
That's not a good answer. A better answer would require redoing the prison system. I'm opposed to capital punishment. But given the current prison system, it seems the lesser evil.
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