Derek Chauvin trial

[DancingOutlaw]

Hes a convicted murderer. There are drug offenders with longer sentences.

He's convicted of second degree murder. 22 years is super long for 2nd degree. I've watched enough First 48 to know.

 

[volinbham]

Hes a convicted murderer. There are drug offenders with longer sentences.

Thanks Biden!

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

All those that care raise your hand....

 

[TNVOLNAVY]

Chauvin gets 22.5 years, but apparently we're laying the justifying groundwork for riots

If the White male police officers in this country don’t immediately make a career change then I will have no sympathy for the next one that gets served up as a blm sacrificial lamb.

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

What would have been an appropriate sentence?

I think the sentence is appropriate.

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

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Yet here you are....

 

[508mikey]

 

[AshG]

Opinions on the sentencing aside, there are some very broken people posting in this thread.

 

[Boston Vol]

Hes a convicted murderer. There are drug offenders with longer sentences.

Yep. I bet all those black Democrats in Congress, who in the 1980’s pushed for much harsher sentences for crack cocaine as compared to powder are regretting their decision now.

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

Yep. I bet all those black Democrats in Congress, who in the 1980’s pushed for much harsher sentences for crack cocaine as compared to powder are regretting their decision now.

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions."

 

[midnight orange]

Yep. I bet all those black Democrats in Congress, who in the 1980’s pushed for much harsher sentences for crack cocaine as compared to powder are regretting their decision now.

I doubt it. Politicians (black, white, whatever) will do anything to get re elected and maintain power. It was what was required at the time. No regrets.

 

[C-south]

Hes a convicted murderer. There are drug offenders with longer sentences.

Good.

 

[RockyTop85]

I expected about 17 without having spent a single second looking at their sentencing guidelines, but I don’t think 22.5 is crazy long for second degree murder nor is it an unfairly short sentence.

Think about where you were 22 years ago. It’s a long ass time.

Im not sure how much good time reduction he can get. In TN it would be about 3.5 years which still makes it a long sentence relative to the human lifespan.

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

Good.

So you think possessing a drug should be punished more harshly than taking someone's life?


What a ****ed up world view.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Hes a convicted murderer. There are drug offenders with longer sentences.

And his is still too long.

 

[C-south]

So you think possessing a drug should be punished more harshly than taking someone's life?


What a ****ed up world view.

Only a moron would believe people are being sentenced the same for just one drug related crime. *By drug related crime I mean just drugs are involved (possession/distribution) and not all the other crimes committed like murder, robbery, etc because of drugs.

 

[Septic]

I expected about 17 without having spent a single second looking at their sentencing guidelines, but I don’t think 22.5 is crazy long for second degree murder nor is it an unfairly short sentence.

Think about where you were 22 years ago. It’s a long ass time.

Im not sure how much good time reduction he can get. In TN it would be about 3.5 years which still makes it a long sentence relative to the human lifespan.

I think I heard it was a mandatory 2/3 before parole.

 

[RockyTop85]

I think I heard it was a mandatory 2/3 before parole.

So roughly 16 full years. If he had a newborn baby, they’d be driving before he gets out.

What he did was sickening, but that’s plenty long enough for just about any single criminal episode, in my book. Looking at it relative to other crimes that are probably in other jurisdictions is desensitizing and pushes criminal punishments to be unnecessarily long. Look at it relative to a human life and 16-22 years is a long ass time.

 

[dcm3w]

So you think possessing a drug should be punished more harshly than taking someone's life?


What a ****ed up world view.

For real

 

[dcm3w]

All of this for a POS dope head. He’s no hero.

You're right man. We should start offing homeless and drug users

 

[C-south]

You're right man. We should start offing homeless and drug users

You left out criminal.

 

[Septic]

All of this for a POS dope head. He’s no hero.

He was be a POS dope head and certainly no hero, but he was still a human and deserving of equal protection under the law.. So yeah, "all of this."

 

[Weezer]

He was be a POS dope head and certainly no hero, but he was still a human and deserving of equal protection under the law.. So yeah, "all of this."

Agree 100%, but I still think Chauvin was overcharged based on the agenda being driven by race and politics. IMO, the case that really deserved the attention, that still hasn't really gotten the full attention it deserves, is the Breonna Taylor case.

 

[Weezer]

I expected about 17 without having spent a single second looking at their sentencing guidelines, but I don’t think 22.5 is crazy long for second degree murder nor is it an unfairly short sentence.

Think about where you were 22 years ago. It’s a long ass time.

Im not sure how much good time reduction he can get. In TN it would be about 3.5 years which still makes it a long sentence relative to the human lifespan.

If I'm not mistaken, he still faces federal charges.

 

[RockyTop85]

If I'm not mistaken, he still faces federal charges.

He does. Operation of federal law will usually make any sentence received by a federal court consecutive to state sentences. Judges can make specific findings and order the BOP to recognize state time but they don’t often do it.