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The 12 jurors who convicted Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd had three counts to consider and returned guilty verdicts on all three. For example, if a defendant is convicted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman — two crimes against one victim — a judge would issue a sentence on each count, and could rule that they be served at the same time or consecutively, said former Hennepin County chief public defender Mary Moriarty. That’s not the case here, Moriarty said. “This case involved three different theories of the same behavior toward the same person.” Is there an...

EXPLAINER: Why is Chauvin unlikely to face maximum sentence? Poll Yes MINNEAPOLIS – Derek Chauvin is already locked away in Minnesota’s only maximum-security prison, held in a single cell for his own safety. But it will be two months before the former Minneapolis police officer learns his sentence for George Floyd’s death. Chauvin, 45, was convicted Tuesday of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for pressing his knee against Floyd’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes as the Black man said he couldn’t breathe. Even though he was found guilty o...

USA TODAY Prosecutors may have secured a conviction against Derek Chauvin, but legal experts say the case against the three other former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's death is the harder one to prove. "Their case isn't a slam dunk by any stretch of the imagination," said Bradford Colbert, a Minnesota public defender and law professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul. Lawyers note the defense now has the advantage of seeing the state's arguments in Chauvin's trial and may claim that the other officers were simply following Chauvin's lead as the most senio...

'A harder case to prove': What Derek Chauvin's guilty verdict means for three other officers charged in George Floyd's death Eric Ferkenhoff and Grace Hauck, USA TODAY What to know about Derek Chauvin sentencing, appeals and trial of other officers Replay Video Prosecutors may have secured a conviction against Derek Chauvin, but legal experts say the case against the three other former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's death is the harder one to prove. "Their case isn't a slam dunk by any stretch of the imagination," said Bradford Colbert, a Minnesota publ...

MINNEAPOLIS —  Derek Chauvin is already locked away in Minnesota’s only maximum-security prison, held in a single cell for his own safety. But it will be two months before the former Minneapolis police officer learns his sentence for George Floyd’s death. Chauvin, 45, was convicted Tuesday of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for pressing his knee against Floyd’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes as the Black man said he couldn’t breathe. Even though he was found guilty of three counts, under Minnesota statutes he’ll only be sentenced ...