EXPLAINER: Why is Chauvin Unlikely to Face Maximum Sentence?
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Derek Chauvin is already locked away in Minnesota’s only maximum-security prison, but it will be two months before he is sentenced for murder in George Floyd’s death.
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Even though Chauvin was found guilty of three counts, under Minnesota statutes he’ll only be sentenced on the most serious one — second-degree murder.
And while that carries a maximum sentence of 40 years, experts say he won’t get that much. They say that, for all practical purposes, the maximum he would face is 30 years.
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