A plea deal for Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer found guilty of murdering George Floyd, was accepted Wednesday in a federal civil rights case.

U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson approved the agreement, under which Chauvin will avoid a trial and face a sentence ranging from 20 to 25 years in federal prison.

Chauvin, who is white, pleaded guilty to federal charges in December 2021 that he abused his position of power to violate the civil rights of Floyd, a black man. He could have faced life in prison, but with the agreement, prosecutors asked for 20 to 25 years, according to KSTP. With credit for good time in the federal system, he could serve 17 years to 21 years and three months behind bars, per the Associated Press.

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The former Minneapolis officer is already serving a 22.5-year sentence for his murder conviction in state court last year, which he would serve concurrently with the federal sentence. He asked the state court of appeals to overturn his conviction on April 25.

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Video showed Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes during an arrest in Minneapolis in May 2020. Floyd repeatedly said he couldn't breathe before losing consciousness and was later pronounced dead.

The events of that day spurred a wave of protests in Minneapolis and around the country against police brutality and racial inequalities. The three other former officers present during the arrest, Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng, and Tou Thao, were convicted of violating Floyd's civil rights and await sentencing.