China News Agency, New York, December 15th. On the 15th local time, Derek Chauvin, the principal culprit of the Freud case in the United States, pleaded guilty in the Federal District Court of St. Paul, Minnesota on charges of violation of civil rights.
The prosecution recommended that the judge sentence Xiao Wan to 25 years in prison.
According to the Associated Press, former Minnesota police officer Xiao Wan appeared in court in an orange prison uniform and handcuffed that day. He admitted to using improper force and deliberately depriving the client of civil rights in the Freud case and a 2017 case.
At the alteration plea hearing, he confirmed his guilt to the judge on every federal charge.
The prosecution recommended that Xiao Wan be sentenced to an applicable maximum sentence of 25 years.
On May 25 last year, during the arrest of George Floyd (George Floyd), an African American, Xiao Wan and three colleagues, he knelt down on Floyd’s neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. Its death.
On April 20 this year, Xiao Wan was convicted of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter.
On June 25, Xiao Wan was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison by the Minnesota District Court.
The local media "Star Tribune" stated that Xiao Wan pleaded guilty in the federal lawsuit. Although he avoided a trial process, he would receive another sentence.
The federal-level sentence facing Xiao Wan will be executed in conjunction with the state-level sentence previously sentenced.
At present, the judge of the Federal District Court of Sao Paulo has not announced the time for the judgment.
According to the report, according to Minnesota law, pleading guilty is a good behavior.
If the verdict of the federal lawsuit is 25 years in prison, considering that Xiao Wan is expected to be commuted to 15 years in state-level imprisonment, and the federal-level imprisonment will mostly be reduced to 85%. After the end of the grade sentence, he will serve another 6 years and 3 months.
On the 15th, Freud’s relatives attended the meeting and listened to Xiao Wan’s confession. Afterwards, Freud’s nephew, Brandon Williams, described Xiao Wan as a “demon” and said he should have been in 2017. Was arrested in 2009.
On the same day, Xiao Wan's family also appeared in the court auditorium, and they expressed support for Xiao Wan.
The other three former police officers involved in the Freud case are expected to be tried in the federal lawsuit they face in January next year and the state lawsuit they face in March next year.
The three former police officers currently plead not guilty to all charges.
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