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Chauvin gets 22 1/2 years in prison for George Floyd's death

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A general view shows the site where George Floyd was killed by then Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin, as the kids took a field trip to the memorial, Thursday, June 24, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Judge Peter Cahill told George Floyd's family members that ``I acknowledge and hear the pain that you're feeling,'' before sentencing a former Minneapolis police officer to 22 1/2 years in prison for murder.

Cahill said he would issue a 22-page memorandum explaining his rationale for the sentence, saying it's ``not the appropriate time'' to be ``profound or clever.''

His sentence went 10 years beyond what was called for in sentencing guidelines.

Cahill said that was ``based on your abuse of a position of trust and authority and also the particular cruelty shown to George Floyd.''

Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, whose dying gasps under Chauvin's knee led to the biggest outcry against racial injustice in the U.S. in generations.With good behavior, Chauvin, 45, could be paroled after serving two-thirds of his sentence, or about 15 years.

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