victims family, from the family members of george floyd. expect that to be very dramatic. derek chauvin will have the opportunity to speak. will he speak? we don t know. a lot of times, defendants speak and express remorse and ask for mercy. howe however, in a case like this where there s an appeal and several more indictments pending against derek chauvin, he may choose not to speak and then finally the judge will pronounce the actual sentence on derek chauvin. up to 40 years for chauvin. that s the max. what s the judge likely to consider, and what do you expect this will go? so, minnesota has a sentencing guideline system, and that sends the presumptive sentence at 12 and a half years. however, that s only a starting point for today because the judge has found four different aggravating factors that enable him to give a higher sentence. first of all, the judge found that derek chauvin acted with particular cruelty towards george floyd. second, the judge found that derek chauvin
0 want to i ve spoken to debbie w wasserman schultz, and i promise you the administration, the congress are doing everything to be of assistance now and after this occurs. after they decide exactly what the state of play is. but i m glad to welcome everyone here to the adjunct to the white house here, in-person and virtually. survivors and family members, victims and the path breaking leaders like senator baldwin, just over five years ago, the pulse nightclub, a place of acceptance and joy, became a place of unspeakable pain and loss. and we ll never fully recover, but we ll remember, and we have to what we re going to do is with the members of congress here did, enshrine in law, as a consequence of that law, enshrine in perpetuity a literal monument to the loss that occurred there and an absolute determination that we re going to deal with this every single solitary day, and make sure that we re not in a position to see this happen again. behind me, you see on either board there t