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Derek Chauvin Sentencing
Minneapolis, USA | June 25, 2021

The former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will be sentenced for George Floyd's death June 25. Chauvin, who is white, was convicted in April of murder for pressing his knee against Floyd’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes as the Black man said he couldn’t breathe and went motionless.

Prosecutors are seeking a 30-year sentence, arguing Floyd was particularly vulnerable and that Chauvin abused his authority as a police officer. Prosecutors are seeking a 30-year sentence.

Chauvin's defense attorney is opposing a tougher sentence, saying the state has failed to prove that those aggravating factors, among others, existed when Chauvin arrested Floyd on May 25.


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