Explainer: Not unusual for ex-cop to report later for prison

Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane, left, arrives with his attorney Earl Gray at the Hennepin County Family Justice Center Sept. 11, for a hearing in the cases against the four former police officers charged in the death of George Floyd, in Minneapolis. The federal judge who sentenced Lane to 2 1/2 years in prison on a civil rights charge in the killing of George Floyd says Lane won't have to surrender until after his sentencing in a separate case in two months. Legal experts say that's not unusual, even in an emotionally charged case like this.
Anthony Souffle | Star Tribune via AP, File
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