son is a good man. let s speak to welcome to son is a good man. let s speak to welcome to you, son is a good man. let s speak to welcome to you, thanks - son is a good man. let s speak to welcome to you, thanks for- son is a good man. let s speak to welcome to you, thanks for being with us. we ve heard some devastating impact testimony from the family of george floyd. what actual difference does it make to thejudge in the actual difference does it make to the judge in the sentencing or is that basically already decided now? i suspect is already decided. because what s happened is a lot of this information was already gathered in something called a presentencing investigation, psi is the abbreviation we use where people have already gathered information from the victims family, from chauvin s family and to some extent thejudge of it chauvin s family and to some extent the judge of it he has chauvin s family and to some extent thejudge of it he has is. this is one last opportunity fo
error made in good faith based on chauvin? s trading so how much consideration do you think the judge will give to that? consideration do you think the udge will give to thawfi will give to that? those are factors the u will give to that? those are factors the jury has will give to that? those are factors the jury has already will give to that? those are factors the jury has already considered - will give to that? those are factors| the jury has already considered and they disregarded those factors when they disregarded those factors when they came back with their verdict as to all of the accounts charged in the indictment are turned against him, so thejudge is going to fight for perhaps some of that in. the defence has taken a real gamble here by not only trying to justify what happened based on the factors that you havejust happened based on the factors that you have just elucidated happened based on the factors that you havejust elucidated but happened based on the factors th
police officer in the military, his age, what the defence describes as his health conditions, reducing his expected time of life, but i do not think he is going to get into any of those arguments hard. we are going to see a sentence i think that is at the top end of the guidelines. derek chauvin? has the top end of the guidelines. derek chauvin? has the the top end of the guidelines. derek chauvin? has the right the top end of the guidelines. derek chauvin? has the right to the top end of the guidelines. derek chauvin? has the right to address the court before the sentencing later. do you think we will hear from him? i later. do you think we will hear from him? later. do you think we will hear from him? ., ., , ~ from him? i am not sure we will. all defendants from him? i am not sure we will. all defendants have from him? i am not sure we will. all defendants have a from him? i am not sure we will. all defendants have a right from him? i am not sure we will. all defenda
a retired police captain and spokesperson for the law enforcement action partnership, a nonprofit group that advocates for criminal justice and drug policy reform. if i can ask you first reaction to this sentence? 50 can ask you first reaction to this sentence? sentence? so many things. it s interesting sentence? so many things. it s interesting when sentence? so many things. it s interesting when you sentence? so many things. it s interesting when you are - sentence? so many things. it s interesting when you are a - sentence? so many things. it s interesting when you are a law| interesting when you are a law enforcement and part of the black community, all of these things compound triggering. the trauma. i will say that i am personally disappointed. although i understand that thejudge is probably disappointed. although i understand that the judge is probably doing what he thinks really does think is the best in terms of a sentence. i am disappointed because i was expecting at l
officers and basically law enforcement types. or the state, if you will. but the prosecution in this case is asking for 30 years. the defence attorney is asking for probation. so thejudge the defence attorney is asking for probation. so the judge will have to make a determination as to whether probation is reasonable. i think that there s not a chance that derek chauvin should or would get probation. i m not thejudge, but there s no reason for him to be given probation because thejudge has said that he will consider these aggravating factors such as the fact that george floyd was a vulnerable victim and subject to cruelty by derek chauvin. the fact that their child and abused his position of authority and committed these heinous acts in front of children. the fact that he failed to render medical attention to george floyd when it was very clear that mr floyd needed radical attention. george floyd was yelling that he couldn t breathe then he went unconscious and their children still k