Twelve years in prison? Twenty, or even 30? On Friday, former policeman Derek Chauvin will hear his sentence for the murder of African-American George Floyd, a killing that sparked America’s biggest demonstrations for racial justice in decades.
Minnesota law provides for a minimum sentence of 12.5 years behind bars for the 45-year-old white ex-cop, who has been incarcerated since being found guilty of homicide two months ago.
But Judge Peter Cahill, who will hand down the sentence at 1:30 pm (1830 GMT) in a Minneapolis court, identified four aggravating circumstances that could signal a much heavier sentence.
He said Chauvin had “abused his position of trust and authority,” had treated Floyd with “particular cruelty” in front of minors and “committed the crime as a group with the active participation of at least three other” police officers.
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identified four aggravating circumstances 5th aggravating factor:- This lead to all the looting & rioting across America, for which chauvin must be ordered to pay back from his own pocket for the damage this caused.