This came after some relatives of #GeorgeFloyd tearfully asked the judge to send #DerekChauvin to prison for decades.
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In her first public comment, Carolyn Pawlenty, mother of #DerekChauvin declares at the sentencing hearing: "My son is a good man."
She tells the court: "When you sentence my son, you will also be sentencing me."pic.twitter.com/nRhjn1HEGo
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"I do want to give my condolences to the Floyd family," says
#DerekChauvin in brief remarks in the courtroom before the judge calls a recess prior to sentencing.pic.twitter.com/YvkO3kXGI5
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#DerekChauvin adds there is information yet to emerge that'll give "peace of mind" to the family of#GeorgeFloyd.Show this thread -
"I am not basing it on trying to send any messages," Judge Peter Cahill of Hennepin County,
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Judge sentences
#DerekChauvin to 22.5 years in prison for the murder of#GeorgeFloyd.pic.twitter.com/tJWF6C3MK4
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Prosecutors had requested a 30-year prison sentence.
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Aww shucks. "He is a good man. Even went in on his days off"....and, "I won't be able to give him a hug in jail." Too FN bad...
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Awww. Too bad.
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Sad that parents really don’t know their own children.
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