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Chauvin was charged with three counts — second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter — and was found guilty of all three. He could spend more than 40 years in prison, a punishment rarely seen in police-brutality cases.
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[The Minneapolis Police Department chief] said the level of force Chauvin applied was excessive and violated police training. Medical experts also offered damning testimonies, explaining that Floyd died from lack of oxygen. Chauvin himself declined to testify; his defense lawyers tried to argue that Floyd died from a heart condition and traces of drugs in his system.
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According to data from Bowling Green State University in Ohio, in the rare instances when police officers involved in killings have been charged with murder or manslaughter — since 2005, it has only happened 121 times — fewer than half were actually convicted.