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Because the judge ruled there were aggravating factors in the murder of George Floyd, he is allowed to sentence Derek Chauvin to up to double the 15-year state guideline.
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The trial of three former Minneapolis police officers accused of aiding and abetting in George Floyd s death will be pushed back to March 2022, so the federal case against them can first go forward, a judge ruled Thursday.
Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao were supposed to face trial Aug. 23, but Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill said he felt the need to put some distance between their trial and the conviction of their co-defendant, former officer Derek Chauvin, given the intense public interest in his trial.
A jury found Chauvin guilty of second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter last month. Viral bystander video captured Chauvin with his knee pressed into 46-year-old Floyd s neck for more than nine minutes as Floyd said he could not breathe.
Chauvin May Face Longer Sentence Over ‘Cruel’ Actions and Abuse of Power
Because the judge ruled there were aggravating factors in the murder of George Floyd, he is allowed to sentence Derek Chauvin to up to double the 15-year state guideline.
Protesters marching through Minneapolis during the Derek Chauvin trial in March.Credit.Joshua Rashaad McFadden for The New York Times
May 12, 2021
Saying that Derek Chauvin was “particularly cruel” for killing George Floyd slowly, the Minneapolis judge who oversaw Mr. Chauvin’s murder trial issued a ruling on Wednesday that could significantly increase the amount of time the former police officer spends behind bars.
Education: BA, sociology and criminal justice, Delaware State University; J.D., Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Attorney Nadine Graves is serving her second term as board chair of the Minneapolis nonprofit We Are All Criminals.
Graves’ community advocacy and the nonprofit’s mission focus on challenging barriers to jobs, housing and education facing those with criminal backgrounds.
Graves, a court-appointed attorney in child-protection cases, was a law student when she joined the organization’s board at the invitation of the nonprofit’s founder and executive director, Emily Baxter.
We Are All Criminals shares the stories of people who committed or were accused of committing crimes and those who got away with them.