Chinanews.com, April 25. According to a comprehensive report by the American Chinese website, the case of former white American policeman Derek Xiaowan kneeling and killing African-American Freud has been sentenced. Xiao Wan has been convicted of all three crimes and the suspect’s sentence has become The focus of follow-up attention.
The judge in the case announced on the 24th local time that the sentencing date was set on June 16.
According to reports, Xiao Wan was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter.
According to CBS reports, Shavin may face decades of imprisonment, but according to Minnesota's sentencing guidelines, his sentence may be far below the maximum sentence of each charge.
In Minnesota, the maximum sentence for second-degree murder is 40 years.
The crime of third degree murder carries a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison.
The maximum penalty for second-degree manslaughter is 10 years in prison.
However, the sentencing guidelines recommend reducing sentences for offenders who have no criminal history, and also recommend serving sentences for multiple convictions at the same time.
This means that Xiao Wan actually only needs to serve his sentence on the highest charge.
According to the analysis, for a person like Xiao Wan with no criminal history, the recommended range of sentences for unintentional second-degree murder and third-degree murder is the same, ranging from 10 and a half years to 15 years in prison.
The suggested median sentence is 12 and a half years, which is the same as the verdict on Mohamed Noor in 2019, a former police officer in Minneapolis who was sentenced for shooting and killing a woman who dialed 911. Murder for the third degree.
The judge can choose to make a decision based solely on these criteria.
But the prosecutor said that they intend to put forward a series of "aggravating factors" in order to increase the length of the sentence for Xiao Wan.
These factors include committing crimes in front of children, the youngest bystander who witnessed the Freud case was only 9 years old, and others including using police power to commit crimes.
On May 25, 2020, when George Floyd, an African-American man, was arrested by Xiao Wan and three other colleagues in Minneapolis, Xiao Wan was kneeling down on his neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. During this period, he shouted "I can't breathe" 27 times, and then died, which triggered a wave of large-scale protests against racial discrimination and police violent law enforcement.