Chauvin will be sentenced today.
"Though the jury found Chauvin guilty on all three counts he was facing, Minnesota law dictates that he will face sentencing on only the most serious count — second-degree murder. State sentencing guidelines on that charge recommend 11 to 12 years in prison for someone with no criminal history.
But last month, Hennepin County District Court Judge Peter A. Cahill, who oversaw Chauvin’s trial and will impose his sentence, ruled prosecutors had proven there were aggravating factors in the case that called for a tougher sentence.
In a presentencing memo filed this month, prosecutors asked Cahill to sentence Chauvin to 30 years in prison — about 10 years shy of the maximum sentence for second-degree murder in Minnesota — which they argued would “properly account for the profound impact” of his conduct on Floyd, his family and the community."
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