'Good faith error': Chauvin requests probation for Floyd killing

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A lawyer for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has asked a judge for probation or a below-guidelines prison term when sentencing his client, who was convicted in April of murder and manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd.

In a motion filed with Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill on Wednesday, lawyer Eric Nelson said Chauvin’s actions in pinning Floyd to the pavement during an arrest in May last year was “best described as an error made in good faith” based on his training.

“Mr. Chauvin asks the Court to look beyond its findings, to his background, his lack of criminal history, his amenability to probation, to the unusual facts of this case, and to his being a product of a ‘broken’ system,” Nelson wrote.

The lawyer asked the judge for a so-called dispositional departure resulting in probation or a downward durational departure, which he said would lead to a sentence less strict than the 128 to 180 months suggested by state guidelines.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/good-faith-error-chauvin-requests-probation-for-floyd-killing/ar-AAKEeJ5

[TigressDem]

1. HELL to the NO K&R

[jimfields33]

2. As his lawyer, he should ask

But no judge will ever go for this. Can you imagine the message? No he needs to do the time requested by the state.

[Moostache]

3. This is rumored to be the judge's initial response

[louis-t]

4. "Good faith"?

If there was any "Good faith", he would have spent time trying to calm the man down. Not once in that video did any of the officers try to calm him down. They kept yelling at him to "stop fighting". Kneeling on someone's neck for 9 1/2 minutes is not a sign of "Good faith". It's murder.

[RockRaven]

5. Zealous advocacy on the part of defense attorneys is part of our system... But if I were the judge

this would piss me off.

Even accounting for the defense attorney's role in the system, this is an argument made in *bad* faith. It is total gaslighting and is thoroughly contradicted by the evidence presented during the trial.

[Chainfire]

6. No, that would be getting away with murder.

He needs some time to meditate on his failings as a human being, away from the distractions of normal daily life. Lock him up, misplace the key.

[Vinca]

7. This might be the largest sack of BS ever presented to a sentencing judge.

[nolabear]

8. He can walk when George Floyd can walk.

[SoonerPride]

9. How about no?

That’s my answer.

[wryter2000]

10. Oopsie

I just hate when I kneel on someone’s neck for 9.5 minutes by mistake.

[Progressive Jones]

11. He might not be safe outside of prison. nt

[liberaltrucker]

15. Oh, they're popular

Just not in a good way.

[Progressive Jones]

16. They are segregated from general population by law in most states. nt

[0rganism]

13. "product of a 'broken' system"?

sounds ... systemic
watch out, the Critical Race Theory Haters are going to need to stock up on their supplies of cognitive dissonance to get through this one, good thing they're experts at growing their own

[Blue Owl]

14. You mean his prior records of excessive use of force?

Then tack on another 10-20 years!!!

[lunatica]

17. Sounds like he was one of those who broke the system

He’s probably been doing that shit for years. I think he may have been a bully to his fellow officers also. I wonder if it will come out in their trial.

[11 Bravo]

18. Now there's a novel defense for murder.

Yeah, your honor, I killed the dude. But it was an error, and anyway I did it in good faith.