Derek Chauvin Sentencing: What You Need to Know

Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced Friday to 22 and a half years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, more than one …

A prosecutor told the judge at Derek Chauvin’s sentencing Friday that the former Minneapolis police officer should face a maximum sentence because he violated an officer’s most important job by failing to provide for George Floyd’s care while trying to take him into custody. Chauvin was being …

The sentencing of former police officer Derek Chauvin on Friday began with a heartbreaking surprise guest: George Floyd's 7-year-old daughter Gianna …

Derek Chauvin's mother told a Minneapolis judge that the former police officer has a big heart, and she opposed a lengthy sentence for her son, who was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of George Floyd last year. Carolyn Pawlenty said Chauvin's selfless character has been twisted by the …

George Floyd's brother pleaded Friday for former police officer Derek Chauvin to be given the maximum sentence possible for his role in the killing, saying his own family has already been given a "life sentence." Chauvin was convicted of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and manslaughter in …

Minutes before Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill handed down his sentence of more than 22 years in prison, Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd last year, briefly addressed the court and offered his condolences to the Floyd family. "Due to …