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Anyone. her conduct cries out for a sentence. a significantly below the guidelines. >> anyone can understand why there is emotion charged through these types of cases. i would note, that, though, the purpose of sentencing guidelines, the system of law, what judges are supposed to do is be fair and use reason, not appeals to emotion. and i cant tell you as an observer who she was crying for, but you can decide what you think. now, the facts of the case show that the fact that it was a mistake was...

Washington in disgrace. the archives are talking to the doj about this now about all of it. and there are still records missing including deleted tweets from his personal twitter account. but theres outrage over what happened in a minnesota courtroom today to tell you about. kim potter the ex-police officer who mistakenly drew a gun instead of a taser and shot and killed daunte wright during a traffic stop, sentenced to two years in prison. two years. prosecutors wanted seven years and two month...

States thought and had some reason to believe from intelligence that the russians would attack last wednesday on the 16th. well, they didnt. we had reason to think that they mind plant a false flag, that is they would put russian soldiers in ukrainians uniforms and attack russians. well, they havent yet. we also heard they might try to take over the government with a puppet organization, maybe with ukrainian members, well they havent done. maybe by calling them out again saying theyre likely to ...

Trial, i dont believe i had a right to. i didnt even have a right to be in the same room with you. i am so sorry that i hurt you so badly. >> reporter: potters attorneys called the fatal encounter an accident or mistake, arguing that she should not go to prison, because wright was resisting a lawful arrest. >> mr. and mrs. wright, i cannot begin to understand the grief of losing a child. >> reporter: judge regena choo acknowledged that there will be who disagreed with the sentence shorter than t...

Even tried to flush it down the toilet a torn up pieces and also the social media records were not preserved and they seem to have been destroyed or deliberately destroyed there are a lot of serious allegations that violate the law. >> indeed. even apparently ate some of them. he had a different way of getting to the archives. thank you both very much. up next, former minnesota police officer kim potter is sentenced in the killing of daunte wright and raising questions about fairness and equal...

Convicted, showing their support for her. by contrast, potters defense team wants probation. but prosecutors have said if judge regina chu goes with this lower sentence, they want potter to spend at minimum at least one year in prison, along with an extensive probation period. her fate will be determined later this morning. it is likely in that courtroom in hennepin county we will hear from the former police officer in brooklyn center and we will also hear from daunte wrights family members. bia...

Representative. instead of telling her partners to go check on daunte wright, go see if he needs help, she was concerned about herself. heres some more of what katie bryant had to say. >> how do you say youre sorry with no tears? how much time is my sons life worth? i know youre here today as a defendant and your attorney will tell the court how sorry she is. theyll give victim impact statements and the defendant and her family will be able to talk, hear each others voices, hug, kiss, say i love...

Sentence of 24 months imprisonment and a $1,000 fine. >> officer potter made a mistake that ended tragically. she never intended to hurt anyone. her conduct cries out for her sentence significantly along 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. >> reporter: prosecutors had asked potter serve more than seven years in prison. wrights family had asked ...

Us. she took our baby boy with a sungal gunshot through his heart. how much time is my sons life worth? >> it was a final plea from daunte wrights mother, as she urged a judge to impose the maximum sentence against the officer who killed her 20-year-old son last year after mistaking her gun for a taser. kim potter was sentenced to just two years in prison, far less than the seven years and two months that prosecutors asked for. and in fact, even though that was the figure they asked for, even wi...

Roughly 6 to 8 1/2 years in prison. and, again, she gave two. before the sentence was actually announced, potter actually stood before the court and even addressed daunte wrights mother directly. >> earlier when you said that i didnt look at you during the trial, i dont believe i had a right to. i didnt even have a right to be in the same room with you. i am so sorry that i hurt you so b badly. im devastated for all of you. >> dauntes mother had also mentioned the indignity she felt hearing kim ...