Derek Chauvin will be sentenced on June 16.- He was found guilty of
murder and manslaughter in George Floyd's death on Tuesday. - Chauvin faces up to 40 years behind bars.
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Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd's death on Tuesday.
The 45-year-old will be sentenced on June 16 at 1:30 p.m., according to CBS Minnesota.
Based on sentencing guidelines, Chauvin faces a minimum sentence of 12-and-a-half years in prison, but could face up to 40 years behind bars.
Floyd, a Black man, was declared dead in May 2020 after Chauvin knelt on his neck for about nine minutes during an arrest. In a video from the arrest, Floyd could be heard repeatedly saying he couldn't breathe.
Chauvin is being held in a single cell in the Administrative Control Unit (ACU) at Minnesota Correctional Facility-Oak Park Heights, the state's most secure unit, as he awaits sentencing.
His sentencing will take place about two months before three police officers involved in Floyd's arrest - Thomas Lane, Tou Thao, and J. Alexander Kueng - face their own trial.
Their trial, in which the men are accused of aiding and abetting murder, will be held in August.