Derek Chauvin’s plea offer has been approved by the federal judge presiding over the trials of the four Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd, and he will be sentenced to 20 to 25 years in prison.

That sentencing range was outlined in Chauvin’s plea, which also said that he would be expected to serve between 17 to a little more than 21 years, “assuming all good-time credit.”

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Chauvin was jailed in June of last year after being convicted of murder in the killing of Floyd in 2020.

Chauvin has requested that his conviction be overturned by the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

Chauvin pleaded guilty to violating George Floyd’s civil rights in federal court in December 2021.

Based on the plea agreement, this term would run concurrently with the 22.5-year sentence imposed for his state-level murder conviction.

On April 27, Chauvin asked the state Court of Appeals to overturn his conviction for the 2020 murder of George Floyd.

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The 82-page filing listed more than a dozen aspects of the case and trial that Chauvin’s attorney claims tainted the proceedings and rendered them “structurally defective,” including extensive pretrial publicity and protests outside the courthouse, as well as the city’s announcement during jury selection that it would pay Floyd’s family $27 million.

Lloyd’s killing, as well as the video depicting it, sparked nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice. An inquiry begun a week later discovered Minneapolis and its police department participated in “a pattern or practice of race discrimination,” according to a report released by state human rights regulators.

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Among the reasons Chauvin and his attorney, William Mohrman, wanted the appeals court to look into are whether the venue should have been changed, the jury should have been entirely sequestered, or the trial should have been postponed due to pretrial protests and media coverage.