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Inaggravating factors that were brought up in this case. as i mentioned before, the state initially took the position miss potter should receive a sentence above the guidelines and filed a brief in support of two aggravating factors under blakely. all parties agreed that i would determine whether aggregating factors existed to justify a harsher sentence than that set forth in the guidelines. i feel compelled to address the grounds for that request, because they were made public and i think it is important to note they were not proven in this case. the state did not meet its burden of proof on ...

Sides. and you know, what makes this case so maddening, so, just upsetting is that there's really not much dispute about what actually happened. it does seem like kim potter thought she was pulling out her taser, but instead, took out a gun and shot daunte wright. that's different from the ahmaud arbery case which was a horrible indivigilante intentional murded the sentence will clearly be lower. however, that doesn't make the pain of daunte wright's family any less. the fact that the officer killed him by mistake rather than intentionally and that's something the judge is going to have to wei...

The misdemeanor predicate for the manslaughter count was reckless handling or use of a firearm. here, everybody agrees, and the evidence is undisputed that officer potter never intended to use her firearm. she mistakenly drew her firearm at all times intending to use her taser. there were police officers and experts who testified that the use of her taser was reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances presented for officer safety reasons. the fact she never intended to draw her firearm makes this case less serious than other cases. second, the scene was chaotic, tense and rapidly evolv...

P purposes of incarceration. there are four. retribution, incapacitation, deterrence and rehabilitation. three of the four would not be served in this case. incapacitation refers to the removal of a convicted person to prevent them from committing future crimes. that is not an issue in this case. kimberly potter does not present a danger of future crimes, obviously. deterrence refers to the prevention of future crime and the idea that those who have committed crimes will be discouraged from reoffending after experiencing punishment. that purpose would not be served

Third, multiple witnesses, trump administration officials testified that vice president biden did nothing wrong, including mr. kent, ambassador yovanovitch, mr. holmes, ambassador volker. vice president's firing of the prior prosecutor was done in accordance with official u.s. policy. it was approved by the justice department. it was the policy of the united states. it was supported by the european union and many countries throughout europe in a bipartisan coalition in congress. this is a corrupt prosecutor. it was official u.s. policy that the vice president was executing. by contrast we have...