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Title: Prosecutors seek higher sentence for Chauvin in Floyd death
Post by: mystery-ak on May 01, 2021, 01:55:15 pm
Prosecutors seek higher sentence for Chauvin in Floyd death
By AMY FORLITI, Associated Press 14 hrs ago


MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors are asking a judge to give Derek Chauvin a more severe penalty than state guidelines call for when he is sentenced in June for George Floyd's death, arguing in court documents filed Friday that Floyd was particularly vulnerable and that Chauvin abused his authority as a police officer.

Defense attorney Eric Nelson is opposing a tougher sentence, saying the state has failed to prove that those aggravating factors, among others, existed when Chauvin arrested Floyd on May 25.

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Title: Re: Prosecutors seek higher sentence for Chauvin in Floyd death
Post by: skeeter on May 01, 2021, 02:02:34 pm
The totalitarian left is checking off all the right boxes. Now we have show trials.
Title: Re: Prosecutors seek higher sentence for Chauvin in Floyd death
Post by: BassWrangler on May 01, 2021, 02:05:11 pm
Quote from: skeeter on May 01, 2021, 02:02:34 pm
The totalitarian left is checking off all the right boxes. Now we have show trials.

Yep, everything but the firing squads.
Title: Re: Prosecutors seek higher sentence for Chauvin in Floyd death
Post by: Bigun on May 01, 2021, 02:12:02 pm
Quote from: BassWrangler on May 01, 2021, 02:05:11 pm
Yep, everything but the firing squads.

Up to now anyway.