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Potter, sitting and waiting maybe for a month or more in jail as she finds out what her final sentence will be. let's go to garrett tenney in minneapolis with the latest. garrett? >> there was a lot of emotion surrounding this verdict. after more than 27 hours of deliberation, this jury of six men and six women found kim potter guilty of first degree and second degree man slaughter. in the courtroom, duante wright's mother started crying as the verdict was read. one of the jurors was visibly emotional as well while kim potter was calm and showed little emotion as she learned her fate. >> we th...

Manslaughter. guess what? the jury sent a message to the entire country that they felt -- i looked back at the language in the first degree manslaughter. gillian, it says the jury found that mrs. potter used such force and violence that death was reasonably foreseeable. that's what this jury found. that is a massive message to the country and to police practices across this country. that if you make a mistake in a nonsplit second decision, you're going to have to suffer criminal consequences. this jury really didn't believe that there was confusion involved. they felt like what kim potter did ...

I live in pacific palisades, i'm an actor, a congresswoman. i never thought this would affect me. when you lose deterrence, things happen. the language matters. i was listening to the carjacking described as a joy ride. when you put a gun to somebody and you steal their car and their valuables and you get in it and you drive off, that is not a joy ride. i'm sorry. >> gillian: victor, we have to leave it there. >> that's important. when the attorney -- >> gillian: we're heading -- >> i understand the tragedy involved, but duante wright was a convicted felon with a record of putting a gun to a y...

The reason that all of us were all over the board on this is we were all dealing with a standard that could be anything. half the people were talking as if simple negligence would do it. the other half seemed to be requiring an intentional act. that is a problem with the law. >> so to get in to that a little bit deeper as i understand it, the prosecution didn't need to establish intent for these charges, man 1 or man 2. based on what the judge told me, sounds like the jury probably was not supposed to take into account the remorse that kim potter showed on the stand or the remorse that she rep...

Decision was correct based on the four corners of what was going on in the courtroom. now, of course -- go ahead. >> gillian: i was going to say, kim potter as you pointed out showed a lot of incredible remorse, amount of remorse on the stand. she reportedly showed remorse on the scene in real time after she shot duante wright, too. what were they instructed about that? >> you know, i don't know what the judge instructed. i know as a judge myself, i would tell them that you cannot in any way, shape or form worry about what the sentence is going to be. that is for me to determine and not for yo...