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Derek Chauvin<\/a>\u00a0has been sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison for the murder of\u00a0George Floyd<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With a chanting crowd outside the downtown Minneapolis courtroom, the ruling just now by Minnesota Judge Peter Cahill comes a year and month after the ex-cop killed Floyd in the street by cruelly pressing his knee on the man\u2019s throat for almost 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

Based on routine practices, Chauvin will serve at least 2\/3 of his sentence before any hope of parole \u2013 which translates into about 15 years.<\/p>\n

The murder by the 19-year veteran cop occurred as three other officers looked on and Floyd exclaimed he couldn\u2019t breathe. Yet another blatant killing of an African-American by law enforcement, the horrific event galvanized the nation to take to the streets in protest and to put a glaring spotlight on the police brutality and systematic racism in America and among cops.<\/p>\n

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In a Hail Mary pass, defense lawyers put Chauvin\u2019s mother Carolyn Pawlenty up in front of the court today insists she believes in his \u201cinnocence\u201d and pleads for her \u201cfavorite son\u201d to receive leniency. Taking his turn at the microphone with a dog whistle, defense head Eric Nelson played to the case being \u201cat the epicenter of the cultural and political divide\u201d in America. To that end, Chauvin\u2019s team has advocated for probation and time served, which would have seen the ex-cop walk Friday.<\/p>\n

As an alternative, the defense has also been pushing a Plan B with a sentence of fewer than 10 years for their client which is in the low end of the range. Starting at around 11:30 AM PT, the sentencing hearing saw both sets of lawyers reiterate their arguments on what the sentence should be.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s long-scheduled hearing follows a ruling by Judge Cahill earlier today denying Chauvin\u2019s motion for a new trial in the Floyd murder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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