Read Sentencing Memo For Derek Chauvin In Murder Of George Floyd

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin must serve 22 years and six months in prison, Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill announced Friday. Chauvin was given credit for 199 days served.

In addition to prison time, Chauvin must also:

• Register as a predatory offender
• Pay a surcharge of $78 through prison wages
• Is prohibited from possessing guns, ammo, or explosives for his entire life
• Provide a DNA sample

Judge Cahill handed down a sentence against Chauvin that was ten years longer than what the state sentencing guidelines call for because he abused his authority as a police officer.

• Derek Chauvin Gets 22.5 Years For Murder Of George Floyd

"Part of the mission of the Minneapolis Police Department is to give citizens 'voice and respect,'" Judge Cahill noted in his sentencing memo for Chauvin.

"Here, Mr. Chauvin, rather than pursuing the MPD mission, treated Mr. Floyd without respect and denied him the dignity owed to all human beings and which he certainly would have extended to a friend or neighbor. In the Court’s view, 270 months, which amounts to an additional ten years over the presumptive 150-month sentence, is the appropriate sentence."

Read the entire sentencing order and opinion from Judge Cahill below: