22.5 is a long time, but is it long enough?

[imanamerican63]

Time will only tell? If other police officers don’t learn that there are consequences and are going to be serious. The judge did what he thought was best, however it is never going to be enough for others. I say let’s take the sentence as a way to end brutality from here on. Nothing will bring George Floyd back and his message will move on, hopefully.

[uponit7771]

1. Depends on when probation is, that guy tortured then murdered Floyd in front of kids...

... that's pretty fucked up

[imanamerican63]

3. I agree.

[GregariousGroundhog]

5. Minnesota's guidelines call for a sentence comprising 2/3 imprisonment and 1/3 supervised release

So Chauvin will spend 180 months behind bars and 90 on parole, unless he does something to forfeit some of that parole time.

[uponit7771]

9. got it

[Demovictory9]

6. yep

[marble falls]

2. I could be wrong but I've read it's about what sentence murder gets in most of the world.

[GregariousGroundhog]

4. It's also consistent with other Minnesota cases

I think it was Chauvin's attorney who mentioned in, but of the 90 people serving sentences for second degree murder and with no other prior criminal history, 60 of them received 150 months.

[Sympthsical]

7. He's also facing federal charges

The judge was well aware of that when sentencing.

10 years over minimum is pretty good. Tack on some federal.

He's done.

[WarGamer]

20. Fed charges

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[Dial H For Hero]

8. It seems in line with MN sentencing guidelines. Whether or not those guidelines need to be more

severe is a separate question.

[lpbk2713]

10. He will be very old when/if he is released.

And as a convicted felon he will not be eligible for a lot of benefits other seniors receive.
So if he is released he won't last very long.

I have no pity for him but this seems like a scenario that could come to be.

[Rebl2]

11. Simply

put, no it’s not.

[Peppertoo]

12. It's a fair sentence.

[Ocelot II]

13. What's "long enough"?

The fact that he was given almost twice the presumptive sentence underlines the seriousness of his crime. In a few years he'll be pretty much forgotten, but George Floyd won't be. What's really important is that the underlying causes of police violence against minority people be considered and addressed (call it Critical Race Theory if you want) so it doesn't keep happening. A stiff sentence for Chauvin might feel like justice but real justice would be fixing the problem.

[doc03]

14. Is he going to a prison or a camp cupcake

country club? I don't think he would last long in a regular prison.

[Ocelot II]

15. Regular prison - Oak Park Heights, the state's maximum security prison,

where he will have to be isolated for his own safety.

[doc03]

18. A cop in a prison won't survive 22.5 years even if

isolated.

[BannonsLiver]

16. I have no problem with the sentence. It's appropriate given the parameters of the law.

The people saying he should have been given more or put to death or any of the other nutty shit I’ve read in the last hour have little more respect for the law than Chauvin did the day he killed George Floyd.

[Marrah_Goodman]

17. Two points

1: It is more then most killer cops get.

2:. His sentence will be served in mostly solitary confinement.

[hookaleft]

19. It is a fair sentence and one not likely to be over-turned on appeal.

That is what is fair taking into account the aggravating and mitigating circumstances. I am happy. Would I like to punch him in the nose....yes.

[BradAllison]

21. He's going to get out and have to return to society

Good luck with that, although cops are usually more prepared for being institutionalized than most.