Derek Chauvin is in a prison’s segregated housing unit for his safety while he awaits sentencing
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was put into a prison’s segregated housing unit for his own safety, a prison spokesperson said, after Chauvin was found guilty of the murder of George Floyd on Tuesday.
Here’s what’s next for Chauvin after his conviction:
Sentencing will be in eight weeks
Chauvin will be sentenced in about eight weeks so, around the second week of June Judge Peter Cahill said Tuesday, with a precise date to be announced.
Although Chauvin had been out on bail since October, Cahill revoked Chauvin’s bail after the verdict. Chauvin will now await sentencing while behind bars.
What comes next for Derek Chauvin and where he s being held for his safety
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In this image from video, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is taken into custody as his attorney Eric Nelson, left, watches, after his bail was revoked after he was found guilty on all three counts in his trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. (Court TV via AP, Pool)
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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is being held separately in a Minnesota prison following his conviction for the murder of George Floyd, according
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Within seconds of his guilty verdict being read aloud Tuesday afternoon, Derek Chauvin was led out of the Hennepin County courtroom in handcuffs, facing the next several decades of his life.