there s no real justification for that. when eric nelson talked about the other second-degree murders and how most of them were guideline sentences, what he didn t address is how this is vastly different. ten and a half minutes, 9 and a half on the neck. this is not your typical second-degree plurd case. that s why prosecutors are saying he s more than legally justified in going well above the guideline sfentence here. i keep thinking back to gianna s statement. i guess van and i share that father instinct. i ve done murder trials. i ve never seen a child that young make a statement. thankfully they did it by video so she wouldn t be further traumatized. identify never seen a statement quite so poignant and touching. it points out for me why sentencings are so difficult. nobody can ever undo what s been done to the floyd family here.
justice system to say we recognize this is more serious than the typical second-degree unintentional murder. for reasons the court found, reflect that, we give this court more than adequate basis to do that. we ask the court to impose a sentence of 360 months to the commissioner of corrections. as you know there no fines in murder cases. we would ask the court just to reserve the issue of restitution to clarify that with the family and present that to the court for 30 days. thank you, your honor. anything further from the state? no, your honor. mr. nelson. i m sorry.
0 we have all seen it. mr. floyd did not want to be in the backseat. that s it. that s the rub. it was the need to get him in that backseat no matter what. we all saw that once he was pulled out of that backseat, he ka calmed down even willingly went down to ground. i m going down. he said. he went down to ground, not fighting, not punching, and he was placed initially on his side. he s already land cuffed. he s placed on recovery position like he should be, beche s trying to breathe. quickly faced prone on the ground face down. mr. chauvin put his left knee on george floyd s neck. his right now on george floyd s back, face down on the pavermen. an officer came and sat on mr. floyd s waist area and had officer lane pull his feet down. you can see mr. floyd trying to pull his feet up. we are all going to fight to breathe. everybody knows that fear when you all of a sudden realize you re having trouble breathing. we want to survive. we know we have to breathe. there s an automatic reacti