(CNN)– Derek Chauvin, A former Minneapolis police officer was placed in a segregated maximum security unit in prison, a prison spokesman reported, after a jury found him plead guilty The murder of George Floyd this Tuesday.
This is what Chauvin stands for, after the verdict.
Chauvin, held in a segregated maximum security unit
Last Tuesday, Chauvin was transferred to state prison of Minnesota and Oak Park Heightswhere he will await his sentence, the Department of Corrections spokeswoman said, Sarah Fitzgerald.
That facility is located in Stillwater, about 37 miles east of downtown Minneapolis.
There, Chauvin was placed in an administrative control unit. Namely, a segregated maximum security unit that is separate from the general prison population, Fitzgerald said.
“He is in a state of ‘administrative segregation’ for his safety,” he wrote Fitzgerald to CNN in an email. “Administrative segregation is used when the presence of someone in the general population (of the prison) is a security concern,” he added.
The spokeswoman added that Chauvin is in prison because of an agreement between the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office and the Minnesota Department of Corrections.
Wait eight weeks for conviction
Chauvin will be sentenced in about eight weeks “About the second week of June,” said Judge Peter Cahill Tuesday. The exact date has yet to be announced.
The ex-police officer had been released on bail since October, but Cahill has reversed it after the guilty verdict. So now he is awaiting his prison sentence.
The judge will consider these factors
Chauvin’s punishment depends on several factors. Amongst them, guidelines for punishment determined by the state and also if the court decides due to circumstances to go further than those guidelines.
Technically, Chauvin could face up to 40 years in prison for unintentional manslaughter when committing a crime., up to 25 years for unintentional murder with contempt for life and up to 10 years before accidental homicide.
Chauvin, however, has no criminal record. Therefore, the hypothetical penalty for unintentional manslaughter for the commission of a crime and unintentional homicide with neglect of life according to state guidelines is 12.5 years. The judge must ultimately decide whether to impose a sentence between 10 years and 8 months, and 15 years for each charge.
According to the guidelines, an accidental murder carries a hypothetical four-year prison term for someone with no prior track record. The judge’s criteria can range from three years and five months to four years and eight months.
Prosecutors are calling for more severe punishment against Chauvin
However, prosecutors have called for a more severe punishment than the guidelines provide.
In two requests filed last year, prosecutors said five aggravating factors justify the increased sentence. These conditions include that Floyd was particularly vulnerable, that he was treated with particular cruelty, and that children were present when the crimes were committed.
If the judge accepts and applies the aggravating factors, Chauvin’s punishment would fall into a higher end of the legal scope.
The sentences for all three offenses would likely be served at the same time, not consecutively. “Generally, when a suspect is convicted of multiple current crimes … simultaneous conviction can be expected,” the guidelines said.
What will happen to the other accused police officers?
The other three officers charged with Floyd’s death are expected to be tried together in August. Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng they were charged with instigating and aiding and abetting accidental murder in the commission of a crime and instigation and complicity in unintentional murder.
Carma Hassan, Eric Levenson, Eric Levenson, Aaron Levenson, Laura Coates and Elie Honig contributed to this report.