<!-- wp:html --><p>Pool via Reuters</p>
<p>A federal inmate was <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-az/pr/federal-inmate-charged-attempted-murder-and-other-offenses">handed attempted murder charges</a> on Friday for allegedly <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-cop-in-george-floyd-murder-derek-chauvin-stabbed-in-prison-report">stabbing</a> <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/derek-chauvin">Derek Chauvin</a>, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/george-floyd">George Floyd</a> in 2020, approximately 22 times.</p>
<p>According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona, attempted murder and assault with intent to commit murder violations each lead to a maximum of 20 years in prison.</p>
<p>Prosecutors alleged that John Turscak, 52, assaulted Chauvin with a makeshift knife in the law library at the Federal Correctional Institution in <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/tucson-arizona">Tucson, Arizona</a>.</p>
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According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona, attempted murder and assault with intent to commit murder violations each lead to a maximum of 20 years in prison.
Prosecutors alleged that John Turscak, 52, assaulted Chauvin with a makeshift knife in the law library at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Arizona.
