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Tied up into her feelings and whats going on with her that they forgot about my son being killed. a life was tooken. and its just sad to say that i feel like we was tricked. we was limited on everything on what they would say, i feel like and its just sad that our justice system -- you know, we actually thought we was going to get a little justice. you know, nothing could ease our mind from daunte being killed, but just the fact of knowing that this lady was going to pay for that, it gave us a l...

The guidelines. >> reporter: spelling out the actual time potter will spend behind bars. >> you shall serve 2/3 of that time or 16 months in prison and a third on supervised release. >> reporter: prosecutors initially ask potter serve more than seven years in prison. wrights family requested the maximum penalty. >> i walk out of this courthouse feeling like people are laughing at us because this lady got a slap on the wrist and we still, every night, sitting around crying, waiting on my son to c...

Behind bars. thats the sentence a judge handed down to the former police officer kimberley potter. it is four years less than the lowest end of the range. the sentencing guidelines were 6 to 8 1/2 years. so it is incredibly less, right, too. potter is seep here in this body cam video where she fatally shot 20-year-old daunte wright while yelling taser during a traffic stop last year. wrights parents are outraged the sentence is so short. >> kim potter murdered my son, and he died april 11th. tod...

That i hurt you so badly. >> reporter: judge regina chu appeared to hold back tears as she handed down her sentence of 24 months in prison and a $1,000 fine. >> officer potter made a mistake that ended tragically. she never intended to hurt anyone. her conduct cries out for a sentence significantly below the guidelines. >> reporter: spelling out the actual time potter will spend behind bars. >> you shall serve two-thirds of that time, or 16 months, in prison, and a third on supervised release. >...

Release. >> reporter: prosecutors initially asked she serve more than seven years in prison. wrights family requested the maximum penalty. >> i walked out of this courthouse feeling like people are laughing at us, because this lady got a slap on the wrist. we still every night sitting around crying, waiting for my son to come home. >> my son died april 11th today the just cement murdered him all over again. this isnt okay. this is the problem with our justice system today. white women tears trum...

On monday the jury sent out a note saying that they were deadlocked and couldnt reach a unanimous decision on any of the charges. the judge then gave them verbal and written instructions asking them to continue deliberations among other things he told them this is not a reality show. take as much time as necessary. we do know the jury is divided. the big question is how great the split. a short time ago senator menendez left the courthouse feeling what appeared to be cautiously optimistic. >> ho...