On Friday, Dereck Chauvin received 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd. Dr. Kaye and Baltimore-area attorney Ivan Bates weigh in on the sentencing. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, whose dying gasps under Chauvin’s knee led to the biggest outcry against racial injustice in the U.S. in generations. The punishment is one of the longest prison terms ever imposed on a U.S.