Ex-MPLS Cop Mohamed Noor's Expected Prison Release Date Is June

MINNEAPOLIS — Following his resentencing hearing Thursday, former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor is set to be released on June 22, 2022, according to the Minnesota Department of Corrections.

In 2019, Noor was found guilty of second-degree manslaughter and third-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Justine Ruszczyk Damond.

But Noor faced resentencing in Hennepin County Court after the Minnesota Supreme Court threw out his third-degree murder conviction in September.

Based on the second-degree manslaughter conviction alone, Noor was resentenced to 57 months in prison Thursday. The sentence is the maximum allowed under the state's guidelines for manslaughter in the second degree.

However, Noor was given credit for the 29 months he has already served in prison. And in Minnesota, prisoners can be released on good behavior after serving 2/3 of their sentence.

During Thursday's hearing, Don Damond — Justine's fiancé — criticized the Supreme Court's decision, but said it "does not diminish the truth that was uncovered during the trial."

"The truth is Justine should be alive. No amount of justification, embellishment, cover-up, dishonesty or politics will ever change that truth," he added.

Addressing Noor specifically, Damond said that he forgives Noor, because it's what Justine would have done.

During his time to speak, Noor said that he is "deeply grateful for Mr. Damond’s forgiveness. I am deeply sorry for the pain that I’ve caused that family. And I will take his advice and be a unifier. Thank you."

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Reporting from the Associated Press was used in this story