GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY per NPR

[S. Pupp]

We still have to worry about the sentencing.
It'd better not be 30 days community service and 6 months probation.

[Lemon Drop]

S. Pupp wrote:
We still have to worry about the sentencing.
It'd better not be 30 days community service and 6 months probation.

I think he's going to get the max on each count plus more, as the prosecutors are requesting. He will never be released from prison.

[hal]

From Lemon's twitter link:



"At no time were weapons of any type used by anyone involved in this incident"

Hey look everybody... we didn't shoot an unarmed black man!

"Officers were able to get the suspect into handcuffs when he appeared to be suffering medical distress."

Who ever wrote this should be fired or maybe charged with conspiracy to subvert justice (that sounds like a crime)

[Lemon Drop]

AG Keith Ellis' statement was very powerful. Look forward to hearing from Pres. Biden.

[hal]

Lemon Drop wrote:
AG Keith Ellis' statement was very powerful. Look forward to hearing from Pres. Biden.

https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/video/550...nd-guilty/

Ellison - it was a very good statement. Video in the link above

[Lemon Drop]

And the Al Sharpton and Ben Crump press conference on now is riveting. I hope a lot of white people are listening.

[Ted King]

Lemon Drop wrote:
[quote=S. Pupp]
We still have to worry about the sentencing.
It'd better not be 30 days community service and 6 months probation.

I think he's going to get the max on each count plus more, as the prosecutors are requesting. He will never be released from prison.
I heard a prosecutor who was asked what she thought the sentencing would be and she said that given the relevant Minnesota laws and sentencing guidelines that he will probably be looking at about 12 years.

[lost in space]

What do you suppose life in the big house will be like for Chauvin?

[PeterB]

Lemon Drop wrote:
And the Al Sharpton and Ben Crump press conference on now is riveting. I hope a lot of white people are listening.

I hope so too, but I suspect that the ones who really need to be listening are not, instead they're busy changing gun and voting laws to make sure they can Make America White Again.

[Lemon Drop]

Ted King wrote:
[quote=Lemon Drop]
[quote=S. Pupp]
We still have to worry about the sentencing.
It'd better not be 30 days community service and 6 months probation.

I think he's going to get the max on each count plus more, as the prosecutors are requesting. He will never be released from prison.
I heard a prosecutor who was asked what she thought the sentencing would be and she said that given the relevant Minnesota laws and sentencing guidelines that he will probably be looking at about 12 years.
That's the sentencing guideline for 2nd degree murder in Minnesota for someone with no criminal history. But the prosecutors are asking the judge for more time.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/us/ch...urder.html

"The state, however, has asked for a lengthier sentence should Mr. Chauvin be convicted on any of the charges — what is known as an “upward sentencing departure” — citing aggravating factors including, the state has said in court filings, that the killing of Mr. Floyd happened in the presence of children, that Mr. Floyd was treated with “particular cruelty” by Mr. Chauvin, and that Mr. Chauvin, as a police officer, “abused his position of authority.

Mr. Chauvin had the option of having the jury rule on the aggravating factors or putting it in the hands of Judge Cahill. At the end of closing arguments on Monday, Mr. Chauvin waived his right to have the jury decide, putting the decision on sentencing solely in the hands of Judge Cahill."