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Derek Chauvin sentencing hearing.

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Prosecutors say Derek Chauvin should face 30 years in prison, while his defense team has requested probation.

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George Floyd’s 7-year-old daughter, Gianna, delivers victim impact statement via video at Derek Chauvin sentencing:

Asked what she would tell her father right now if she could speak to him, she says, "I miss you, and I love him."

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“My family and I have been given a life sentence. We’ll never be able to get George back,” Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd, says during his victim impact statement ahead of Derek Chauvin's sentencing.
LIVE: NBC News Special Report:

Derek Chauvin's mother addresses the court ahead of his sentencing.
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Derek Chauvin speaks briefly to the Floyd family ahead of his sentencing: “I do want to give my condolences to the Floyd family.”

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