{"id":106886,"date":"2024-08-21T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/thomas-lane-former-cop-convicted-in-george-floyds-death-released-from-prison\/"},"modified":"2024-08-21T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T12:00:00","slug":"thomas-lane-former-cop-convicted-in-george-floyds-death-released-from-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/thomas-lane-former-cop-convicted-in-george-floyds-death-released-from-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Lane, former cop convicted in George Floyd\u2019s death, released from prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-08-21\/GETTYRF_10622_PoliceBadge%20%2810%29.jpg\" alt><figcaption>amphotora\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(NEW YORK) &#8212; A former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the death of George Floyd was released from prison Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed to ABC News.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Lane, 41, pleaded guilty in May 2022 to state charges of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. As part of the plea deal, prosecutors agreed to dismiss charges against him for aiding and abetting second-degree unintentional murder.<\/p>\n<p>He was sentenced to three years in prison for the state charges.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, in February 2022, a federal jury convicted Lane &#8212; as well as two other former officers &#8212; for violating Floyd&#8217;s civil rights when they failed to intervene in his murder in May 2020.<\/p>\n<p>He was sentenced to 2 1\/2 years in prison for the federal charges.<\/p>\n<p>Lane served the two sentences concurrently at FCI Englewood in Colorado. His sentence on federal charges expired earlier this year, according to a Bureau of Prisons spokesperson, while his sentence on state charges ended Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Lane will spend the next year on supervised release, a spokesperson for the Minnesota Department of Corrections told ABC News.<\/p>\n<p>Derek Chauvin &#8212; the officer who kneeled on Floyd&#8217;s neck for more than nine minutes, killing him &#8212; was convicted on murder charges and sentenced to 22 1\/2 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>In a move unrelated to Lane, Chauvin was moved to a federal prison in Big Springs, Texas, on Tuesday, according to a source familiar with the situation. Chauvin was stabbed at a federal prison in Phoenix last November.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of Floyd&#8217;s murder, protests against racial injustice and police brutality broke out across the U.S. and even internationally, drawing millions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thomas Lane served his time and paid his debt to society. I wish him well in his re-entry into his community,&#8221; Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said in a statement to Duluth ABC affiliate WDIO-TV.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>amphotora\/Getty Images (NEW YORK) &#8212; A former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the death of George Floyd was released from prison Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed to ABC News. 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