Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd.
But criminal justice experts don’t think that alone signals that America will start holding cops accountable for misconduct.
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But criminal justice experts don’t think that alone signals that America will start holding cops accountable for misconduct.
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Ayesha Bell Hardaway, an assistant professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law and director at the Social Justice Law Center, said only systemic reform can prove that America has turned the corner when it comes to taking police brutality seriously. 
A jury found Chauvin guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and manslaughter after being presented evidence that he used excessive force by kneeling on Floyd’s neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds while he begged for his life.
A day before Chauvin was sentenced, Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill denied Derek Chauvin’s request for a new trial.
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Bell Hardaway feels like too much of the conversation around Chauvin’s actions were framed around him being a “bad apple” and not representative of police conduct as a whole.
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Attorney Eric D. Anderson, a senior trial attorney at Early Sullivan Wright Gizer & McRae, also feels that the decades Chauvin faces behind bars might not mean much in terms of far-reaching accountability.
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Anderson said that most defendants in Minnesota will serve about 66% of their sentence before they are released.
The maximum amount of time Chauvin could have been sentenced to was 40 years in prison.
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The maximum amount of time Chauvin could have been sentenced to was 40 years in prison.
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Members of George Floyd’s family, including his brother and 7-year-old daughter, gave impact statements at Chauvin’s sentencing.
Floyd’s uncle, Selwyn Jones, told Insider that his nephew’s death propelled him into activism.
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Floyd’s uncle, Selwyn Jones, told Insider that his nephew’s death propelled him into activism.
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Judge Peter Cahill also heard from Chauvin’s mother, Carolyn Pawlenty, who spoke in support of her son for the first time publicly.
Her comments didn’t address the Floyd family and only spoke about how her son’s sentence would affect him and herself.
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Her comments didn’t address the Floyd family and only spoke about how her son’s sentence would affect him and herself.
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Anderson said there are a lot of people like Pawlenty who don’t believe Chauvin should have ever been tried.
He said that her comments left him little hope that society was changing.
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He said that her comments left him little hope that society was changing.
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