CNN CNN Newsroom With Ana Cabrera February 18, 2022 18:19:00
>> now it's worth pointing out that this two-year sentence is a significant what's called downward departure from the state sentencing guidelines. we'd expected someone in her situation, a convicted offender who had no prior criminal history to receive somewhere in the range of 6 to 8 1/2 years, but the judge in this case saying she thought a lesser sentence was in order for at least two reasons. first, she said that potter didn't intend to pull her gun. she thought she was pulling her taser. the judge also saying this was a chaotic scene. that officers are often required to make split-second ...