04-20-2021, 10:56 PM
Ted King wrote:
[quote=Lemon Drop]
[quote=S. Pupp]
We still have to worry about the sentencing.
It'd better not be 30 days community service and 6 months probation.
I think he's going to get the max on each count plus more, as the prosecutors are requesting. He will never be released from prison.
I heard a prosecutor who was asked what she thought the sentencing would be and she said that given the relevant Minnesota laws and sentencing guidelines that he will probably be looking at about 12 years.
That's the sentencing guideline for 2nd degree murder in Minnesota for someone with no criminal history. But the prosecutors are asking the judge for more time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/us/ch...urder.html
"The state, however, has asked for a lengthier sentence should Mr. Chauvin be convicted on any of the charges — what is known as an “upward sentencing departure” — citing aggravating factors including, the state has said in court filings, that the killing of Mr. Floyd happened in the presence of children, that Mr. Floyd was treated with “particular cruelty” by Mr. Chauvin, and that Mr. Chauvin, as a police officer, “abused his position of authority.
Mr. Chauvin had the option of having the jury rule on the aggravating factors or putting it in the hands of Judge Cahill. At the end of closing arguments on Monday, Mr. Chauvin waived his right to have the jury decide, putting the decision on sentencing solely in the hands of Judge Cahill."