Unhappily, he’ll get another 10 years as a guest of Uncle Sam for violating Floyd’s civil rights under color of state law.
Minnesota allows for release after service of 2/3 of a sentence, so Chauvin might emerge from solitary confinement in 2036 or so, only to be put in a federal slammer after that. He has to do 85% of a federal sentence, so, assuming he lives so long, we won’t be back out on the street until late 2044 or early 2045.
Chauvin appears to have lost weight in prison, as his suit was clearly too big for him. Also, the Judge appears to have had a couple of belts of whiskey during the recess prior to the reading of the sentence. His face was flush and he was clearly nervous and trembling.
Well, the ‘good news’ - to the extent there’s any - is that it’s INCREDIBLY unlikely that even if convicted by the feds, the federal sentencing would run consecutively. Almost always, these kinds of convictions run concurrently.
It’s really nothing more than political theater...very, very expensive political theater with the only winners being lawyers.
“His face was flush and he was clearly nervous and trembling.”
The judge probably suspects that he’s next on BLM’s doxxing and harassment list.