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Max sentence the family was hoping for? >> well, i mean, it's like what jalani is saying. sometimes, it's like turning the titanic to be able to affect change and i think based upon the 22-page legal memorandum that was released by judge cahill. he made a decision, grounded in law. and he wanted to appear -- and he made it clear to articulate during that sentencing hearing yesterday -- that he was not making his decision, swayed by public opinion or swayed by bias. that he was looking at prior precedent in terms of other second-degree murder sentencing. and that he was also looking at the spec...

>> derek chauvin has been sentenced to 22 and a half years for the murder of george floyd. will serve 15 years of that because you serve two-thirds of the time sentenced. let's get reaction starting with you, elie honig. >> justice is imperfect. this is a serious sentence. derek chauvin will be in prison 15 years. he's 45 now, until he's 60. that said, i think this is light. i think the judge should've sentenced him more. minnesota guidelines say you can double the 15 years if there is one aggravator this judge found four aggravators and didn't really come super close to doubling it. >> very d...

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 n...

Defense. at least it doesn't appear so. in florida, every state has a different insanity defense. some states don't even have it anymore. but generally in florida, he had to have not understood the wrongfulness of what he was doing. not that he personally thought he was justified but, rather, he had to be unaware that society deemed what he was doing was wrong. and if he escaped, if he concealled his crime in any way or tried to, that's going to be a very difficult uphill battle. now, some of the efvidence that came out recently about his troubled childhood could become a nonstatutory mitigati...

Sometimes the president may make a request, and the accused is about to go into court. what should we expect when that happens? >> well, you know, i can't talk about the particulars about the case but as a general prosecutor he'll go before the judge. i'm certain he'll be given no bond, with 17 deaths. and then the state down here will have 45 days to determine whether they will seek the death penalty or not and when doing that you determine the aggravators and the mitigators. i'm certain they will be seeking the death penalty in this case. no doubt. >> harris: let's talk more generally then. ...