Former police officer Derek Chauvin at a court hearing over the death of George Floyd. File photoMOSCOW, July 7Former police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted of killing African-American George Floyd, has been sentenced to more than 20 years for violating the victim's civil rights, NBC reports. 22.5 years after being convicted by Minnesota authorities in April 2021 of second- and third-degree murder. Chauvin was given 22.5 years for the murder of Floyd In a federal trial for violation of Floyd's civil rights, the prosecution sentenced Chauvin to 25 years in prison. The judge sentenced the ex-cop to 252 months in prison, and subtracted from them seven months that Chauvin had already served Both sentences will be carried out simultaneously. and the public debate about the need to reform the police.
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