Sentencing of Floyd killer was fair – Minnesota AG
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said on Sunday said the sentencing of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin to 22 1/2 years “reflects the seriousness” of the crime.
“Given the particular cruelty, the abuse of trust, committing this crime in a group, in front of kids — this sentence works,” Ellison told ABC “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl.
Under Minnesota law, the maximum sentence for second-degree murder — the most severe of Chauvin’s charges — is 40 years.
“Now, you can’t replace the life of George Floyd, so true satisfaction is simply not available to us. But I think that this is certainly a sentence that reflects the seriousness. And, of course, this matter is not over yet,” he added.
Though Ellison said the sentencing decision was fair, he also said that he believes there is more work to be done in the field of policing
