Elon Musk Calls on Trump to Pardon Ex-Cop Derek Chauvin, Who Murdered George Floyd
Elon Musk Calls on Trump to Pardon Ex-Cop Derek Chauvin, Who Murdered George Floyd
Elon Musk has joined calls for President Trump to pardon ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of murdering George Floyd in 2020. A Trump pardon would end Chauvin’s 20-year sentence on federal convictions for violating Floyd’s civil rights, but Trump does not have the power ...
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Was he convicted federally, or is Musk just generating distractions for the news media?
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Chauvin is at FCI Big Spring (Federal Correctional Institute) so he likely has federal charges.
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State charges might have been dropped due to the federal convention so he could possibly still have a state trial
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If the charges were dropped then I don't think they can be re-litigated. That would be double jeopardy.
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Most likely wouldn't apply unless a state trial had already started.
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Why? Dropping the charges would be a court decision so it's on record that a charge was raised and then dropped. That's still a court outcome.
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He has a federal conviction for 20 years and a state conviction for 22.5 years
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Good, so not going anywhere.
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