second degree unintentional murder does not involve children standing feet away watching nine mm man and a half minutes application of a man begging for his life. nine and a half minutes suffocation. this court also made a finding that the defendant committed the offence with the involvement of three or more other persons. they were involved directly in the restraint and one other kept the bystanders at bay. we ve already talked a little bit about their role and holding mr george floyd down. they recognised that he was pulseless and george floyd was pulseless at 1.1 made no effort to take care of the person in their custody. officer towle watched
law. the court is very familiar with the facts of this case and the parties have fully briefed the court relevant to sentencing factors and he recognised that in any case, and thinking that comes before the court, the court is taxed with a difficultjob. the court must craft a sentence that serves the interest of justice, a sentence that serves the interest ofjustice, a rather nebulous term. the court must take into consideration that they can impact, public interest, as well as the circumstances and history of the defendant. in this case, more than any other, that task is exceedingly more difficult. in my remarks today, i wish to briefly address each of those three considerations. starting
conversations that i ve had with derek that his brain is littered with what it is. what if ijust did not agree to go in that day? what if things had gone differently? what if i never responded to that call? what if, what if, what if. the truth of the matter is and the end result is we are here afterjury verdicts finding him guilty of these offences and the courts consideration should not only be focused on the aggravating factors but the mitigating factors as well. the minnesota sentencing guidelines commission was established for a reason. and yes, the court in circumstances like these has discretion to go beyond and aggravate a sentence beyond the presumptive sentence is established by the sentencing guidelines. the
minneapolis police department. it has been minneapolis police department. it has been difficult minneapolis police department. it has been difficult for minneapolis police department. it has been difficult for me - minneapolis police department. it has been difficult for me to - minneapolis police department. it has been difficult for me to hear. has been difficult for me to hear and read has been difficult for me to hear and read what has been difficult for me to hear and read what the has been difficult for me to hear and read what the media, - has been difficult for me to hearl and read what the media, public, has been difficult for me to hear- and read what the media, public, and prosecution and read what the media, public, and prosecution team and read what the media, public, and prosecution team they and read what the media, public, and prosecution team they leave - and read what the media, public, and prosecution team they leave derek i prosecution team they le
through. i cannot. members and friends are going through. icannot. but members and friends are going through. i cannot. but excitingly not enough for a departure to probation for it second degree murder. we believe that these four aggravating factors and the court has made sense anyjustify an upward departure because there are four of them not standing alone but in essence coming together to show this is not the typical second degree murder. this is egregious. this justifies a double departure. from the top of the box which is 180 months, they are asking the court to do a double departure, recognising all for it to 360 months. as i mentioned, this is the time for victims. this is the time for the loved ones of the victim in the community to have a say. again, i