is going to be attached to the sentencing order. why am i doing it in writing? to emphasize the fact that determining the appropriate sentence in any case and in this case is a legal analysis. it s applying the rule of law to the facts of an individual and specific case. and that is why as opposed to trying to be profound here on the record, i prefer that you read the legal analysis that explains how i determined the sentence in this case. what the sentence is not based on is emotion or sympathy. but at the same time i want to acknowledge the deep and tremendous pain that all the families are feeling, especially the floyd family.
0 we know that we saw that 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. once he was pulled out of the backseat, he was find. went down on the ground. not fighting, not punching. and he was placed initially on his side. he is already handcuffed. he is placed on his side in the recovery position. like he should be. he is trying to breathe. he is on george floyd s back face down on the pavement. and officer king sat on mr. floyd s waist area and officer lane pulled his feet down. you can even see mr. floyd trying to pull his feet up. we all are going to fight to breathe. everybody knows that fear when you all of a sudden realize you re having trouble breathing, it is just in ate. he tries to pull his feet up. but he is held down the three officers. officer todd is watching. he is placed face down on the pavement so harshly that it rubs the skin off his face. he has injuries from the knuckles from try
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
Let’s start with one observation why has this happened?
Easy the appeal process in death penalty cases can be easily bogged down by the way the Department of Justice responds to defense efforts to derail the carrying out of death sentences. These are sentences imposed by federal district court judges, with the responsibility for carrying out the sentences placed in the hands of the federal Bureau of Prisons which is part of DOJ. As a result, the Executive Branch is not able to simply cancel the carrying out of such sentences which are authorized by Congress and affirmed by the Supreme Court to not violate the Eighth Amendment. So a liberal Presidential administration that disapproves of the death penalty can only interfere with the process, it cannot prevent the process from going forward unless the President chooses to commute the sentence to something other than the “death penalty.”
are very specific. again, you know, i would wish that the administration s position was different. you will have to ask cemetery mike pompeo and mattis why they used that phraseology. i m making an observation. i disagree with that assessment. i m telling you this. it is not based on intelligence. i don t need intelligence. i think you know enough and the american public knows enough about saudi arabia to conclude whether or not we have a smoking gun there is no way that 17 people that close to that crown prince go to turkey and murder a guy in a consulate and he not know about it. senator, i want to get your take on some developments over the last this hours. you saw the sentencing order of michael flynn. i want to read one part of it. it says the defendant s extensive government service should have been made him aware of the harm caused by making false information to the ghovmt