Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, the judge presiding over the high-profile trial announced Tuesday, reading the jury's verdict.
美国明尼苏达州前白人警察德雷克•肖万被控杀害非洲裔男子乔治•弗洛伊德一案4月20日宣判,肖万被控的两项谋杀和一项过失杀人罪名全部成立。这场审判备受关注,法官当庭宣读了陪审团的裁决。
Judge Peter Cahill revoked Chauvin's bail after the conviction and said the defendant will be sentenced "eight weeks from now."
主审法官彼得•卡希尔在定罪后撤销了肖万的保释,并表示肖万的刑期将于8周后宣布。
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Since Chauvin has no previous criminal record, he would avoid the maximum sentence for each of the three charges, which is 40 years for second-degree murder, 25 years for third-degree murder, and 10 years for second-degree manslaughter.
二级谋杀罪面临最高40年监禁,三级谋杀罪面临最高25年监禁,二级过失杀人罪面临最高10年监禁。由于肖万此前无犯罪记录,因此预计刑期低于最高刑期。
Floyd, aged 46, died on May 25, 2020 after Chauvin, a white police officer, held him down with a knee on his neck for almost nine minutes.
46岁的弗洛伊德于2020年5月25日去世。去世前,白人警察肖万用膝盖压住他的脖子近9分钟。
Video footage of Floyd's brutal killing triggered nationwide reckoning over race, and the call for racial justice resonated all around the world.
弗洛伊德被残忍杀害的视频片段引发了全美范围内对种族问题的反思,呼吁种族正义的呼声在全世界引起了共鸣。