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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: 2) by edIII on Saturday June 26 2021, @07:03PM (2 children)
Depraved indifferent is going to be the look on the face of the animals fucking him in the ass.
All I'm saying is that 10 years in a hellscape like prison is a lot longer than you think it is. It's like telling a 5 year old they have a 5 minute timeout. To them you just murdered them by asking them to sit still for 5 minutes, which is forever in their perception. People outside of prison have this perception that 10 years goes by real fast, when in prison each day is like a year.
10 years is going to seem like forever to Chauvin, especially being a dirty cop. George Floyd may be dead, but Chauvin is going to wish he was pretty soon.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 1) by Retian on Monday June 28 2021, @12:14PM (1 child)
"You say that like it's a bad thing."
(Score: 2) by edIII on Friday July 02 2021, @09:03PM
I say that to give some of these people that are butthurt by the 22.5 years some much needed perspective.
Some have brought up how people who have done far less got 15 years using whataboutism. Which is an entirely different discussion, that being the sentences for some not being commensurate with the crime. The example that sticks with me all the time is the man (yes, he was black) that broke into a burger joint and cooked himself some food. He got 15 years which is just extraordinarily excessive. This excessive sentencing doesn't mean we sentence Chauvin to 75 to attempt to balance it out. To me it means we reform the system. I do believe a lot of the excessive sentences happen to minorities.
All I'm pointing out is that people have a warped perspective of time in prison and think more is less. 22.5 years for Chauvin is effectively a life sentence. Even if he survives, he will get out just in time to live life in diapers.
22.5 years is a damn long time in prison. It really is.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.