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Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin is being held at Minnesota Correctional Facility-Oak Park Heights on administrative segregation away from other inmates for his safety, according to state corrections.
Hennepin County District Court Judge Peter Cahill said Chauvin will be sentenced in eight weeks.
Chauvin left the court in handcuffs Tuesday after being found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in George Floyd s death. I ve been asked a lot what did the lawyers say to Derek Chauvin in the courtroom as he was getting up and leaving, said Mary Moriarty, former Chief Hennepin County Public Defender. Usually, it s like, I ll be down to see you on such and such a date; we have an appeal, we ll talk about that; hang in there,
Members of the Central Minnesota Human Trafficking Task Force have learned the limits of some state laws in the last three years, and now they re seeking updates to the statutes.
Stearns County Attorney Janelle Kendall is among those asking for legislation that would increase penalties for certain human trafficking offenses. They re asking state lawmakers to classify sex trafficking as a violent crime, because it s not already.
The changes are in bills that already gained support in House and Senate committees. The language is the same in both versions of the bill, and supporters hope the policies will make it into an omnibus bill and pass into law this session.