{"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":"
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(NEW YORK) — 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

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

He was sentenced to three years in prison for the state charges.<\/p>\n

Previously, in February 2022, a federal jury convicted Lane — as well as two other former officers — for violating Floyd’s civil rights when they failed to intervene in his murder in May 2020.<\/p>\n

He was sentenced to 2 1\/2 years in prison for the federal charges.<\/p>\n

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

Lane will spend the next year on supervised release, a spokesperson for the Minnesota Department of Corrections told ABC News.<\/p>\n

Derek Chauvin — the officer who kneeled on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes, killing him — was convicted on murder charges and sentenced to 22 1\/2 years in prison.<\/p>\n

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

In the wake of Floyd’s murder, protests against racial injustice and police brutality broke out across the U.S. and even internationally, drawing millions.<\/p>\n

“Thomas Lane served his time and paid his debt to society. I wish him well in his re-entry into his community,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said in a statement to Duluth ABC affiliate WDIO-TV.<\/p>\n

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