It will be overturned on appeal. They know it but are giving the mobs what they want to appease them and quell the riots for.
Chauvin has three chances on appeal: fat, slim and none. Fat and slim have left town. The state courts in Minnesota are lousy with liberals, and he won’t get a fair shake in either the intermediate appellate court or in the MN Supreme Court.
Chauvin’s only hope is, after the Minnesota Supreme Court denies his writ for review, he finds a sympathetic judge on the US District Court in Minneapolis (such as Trump appointees Eric Testrud and Nancy Brasel) to issue a writ of habeas corpus for his release, as his federal constitutional right to a fair trial was violated by the trial judge allowing a biased juror who had prejudged the case to sit on the jury.