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Chauvin should never have been convicted in the first place. He should be freed immediately.

‘He’s not getting out’: Calls for Trump to pardon Derek Chauvin slammed by state AG who says former cop ‘still owes Minnesota 22 1/2 years’

(Full article and interview with Minnesota AG and Al Sharpton (!) at above link)

 The attorney general of Minnesota says ongoing efforts to petition President Donald Trump for a federal pardon of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who killed George Floyd in 2020, are irrelevant when it comes to his state conviction — noting Sunday that Chauvin “still owes Minnesota 22 ½ years.” “He’s not getting out,” said AG Keith Ellison in an interview on MSNBCs “PoliticsNation.”Chauvin, 49, is currently serving concurrent state and federal prison sentences for killing Floyd, 46, during a police incident in which he knelt on Floyd’s neck and back for more than nine minutes. Chauvin was convicted by a 12-member jury on state charges for unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter.  
Conservative pundits and Trump ally Elon Musk have promoted a push to secure a federal pardon for Chauvin in recent months. On March 4, right-wing commentator Ben Shapiro launched an online petition on his video podcast and X, urging viewers to support the effort. Musk shared a clip from the podcast on his X page, writing: “Something to think about.”