World News | Chauvin sentenced to 21 years for violating Floyd’s civil rights

SAO PAULO, July 8 (AP) A federal judge sentenced Derek Chauvin to 21 years in prison for violating the civil rights of George Floyd on Thursday, in a move Adds several years to the time the former Minneapolis police officer has served on his murder case. Convicted while transferring him to federal custody.

U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson’s sentencing came after Chauvin agreed to a plea deal that called for sentences ranging from 20 to 25 years. Federal prosecutors have been looking for the upper end of the range, arguing that Chauvin, a white man, pinned a black man on the sidewalk outside a corner store in Minneapolis for more than nine minutes on May 25, 2020, killing Flo in cold blood id. Floyd pleaded that he could not breathe.

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Chauvin’s lawyers sought for 20 years, arguing that Chauvin was remorseful.

During Thursday’s hearing, Chauvin told Floyd’s family that he “wishes all the best for Floyd’s children.” But Chauvin’s brief remarks did not directly apologize or express remorse to Floyd’s family.

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Chauvin has been sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for state murder and manslaughter.

The plea deal calls for Chauvin to serve his sentence concurrently and to be transferred from a Minnesota prison to a federal prison, where experts say he may be safer and may be held in less restrictive conditions. (Associated Press)

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