Is the appropriate sentence. Today former mams Police Officer zerk Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1 2 years in prison for the Nurd R Murder Last May of george floyd. Hes been the prison since april when a jury found him guilty of several charges all for him holding his knee on George Floyds neck until mr. Floyd was deemed up conscious and he died on a minneapolis Street Corner. He was going to receive a theoretical maximum sentence but the theoretical maximum associated with any particularly crime is put up against statebased snepsing guidelines. Considering the fact that mr. Chauvin had no criminal history, the Minnesota State guidelines for a sneps in this case actually recommended a sort of presumptive sentence of about 12 1 2 years. Judges can depart from those Sentencing Guidelines and in particularly they can depart upward if there are aggravating faeblgts that make the crime worse than that source of base level offense. The judge in this case had ruled that there were four di
Breyers last great important decisions if he were to step down. This notion that if we talk about it, it will make him more resistant to the completely rational choice to step down at this time, strikes me as just so childish. I mean, senators face this all the time. Members of the court have faced it throughout our lives, the question of should soandso not run for reelection, and adults deal with that. And he should understand that of course theres plenty of rational reason why he should step down. This is the perfect summer for him to do that. And the notion that if we talk about it, he just might stay there till hes, i dont know what, hes 82 now, i dont know. Do you not feel even the least bit superstitious about it, though . I mean, given what we have just been through with the last few vacancies on the court. Is there like a little, like, dont walk under the ladder, dont cross the black cat, superstition feeling for you about talking about it . Or is that just me . Youd have to pr
Breyers last great important decisions if he were to step down. This notion that if we talk about it, it will make him more resistant to the completely rational choice to step down at this time, strikes me as just so childish. I mean, senators face this all the time. Members of the court have faced it throughout our lives, the question of should soandso not run for reelection, and adults deal with that. And he should understand that of course theres plenty of rational reason why he should step down. This is the perfect summer for him to do that. And the notion that if we talk about it, he just might stay there till hes, i dont know what, hes 82 now, i dont know. Do you not feel even the least bit superstitious about it, though . I mean, given what we have just been through with the last few vacancies on the court. Is there like a little, like, dont walk under the ladder, dont cross the black cat, superstition feeling for you about talking about it . Or is that just me . Youd have to pr
Breyers last great important decisions if he were to step down. This notion that if we talk about it, it will make him more resistant to the completely rational choice to step down at this time, strikes me as just so childish. I mean, senators face this all the time. Members of the court have faced it throughout our lives, the question of should soandso not run for reelection, and adults deal with that. And he should understand that of course theres plenty of rational reason why he should step down. This is the perfect summer for him to do that. And the notion that if we talk about it, he just might stay there till hes, i dont know what, hes 82 now, i dont know. Do you not feel even the least bit superstitious about it, though . I mean, given what we have just been through with the last few vacancies on the court. Is there like a little, like, dont walk under the ladder, dont cross the black cat, superstition feeling for you about talking about it . Or is that just me . Youd have to pr
Breyers last great important decisions if he were to step down. This notion that if we talk about it, it will make him more resistant to the completely rational choice to step down at this time, strikes me as just so childish. I mean, senators face this all the time. Members of the court have faced it throughout our lives, the question of should soandso not run for reelection, and adults deal with that. And he should understand that of course theres plenty of rational reason why he should step down. This is the perfect summer for him to do that. And the notion that if we talk about it, he just might stay there till hes, i dont know what, hes 82 now, i dont know. Do you not feel even the least bit superstitious about it, though . I mean, given what we have just been through with the last few vacancies on the court. Is there like a little, like, dont walk under the ladder, dont cross the black cat, superstition feeling for you about talking about it . Or is that just me . Youd have to pr