Prosecutors are seeking a more severe sentence for Derek Chauvin , the former Minneapolis Police officer convicted of second-degree murder and other charges in the …
Prosecutors are seeking a more severe sentence for Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis Police officer convicted of second-degree murder and other charges in the death of George Floyd. Floyd died last year in police custody after Chauvin kneeled on his neck for over nine minutes outside of a Minneapolis convenience store. Following Floyd’s death, Chauvin was removed from the police for and charged in connection to the killing. The former officer’s trial began earlier this year, and lasted for three weeks. On April 20, a jury found Chauvin guilty of second- and third- degree murder, as well as second-degree manslaughter. The jury took ten hours to deliberate.
