Kim Potter will be sentenced this morning after a jury found the former police officer guilty of manslaughter in the April 2021 killing of Daunte Wright. Prosecutors are asking for a sentence of just over seven years. The maximum sentence is 15 years.
The Hennepin County Government Center, captured before the fourth day of jury deliberations in Kim Potter's trial on Dec. 23, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photo: Stephen Maturen/Getty Imagesin December of first- and second-degree manslaughter in the April 2021 killing of Daunte Wright.Prosecutors are asking Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu for a sentence of just over seven years — in the middle of the state's guidelines. The maximum sentence is 15 years.
Potter's attorneys are requesting probation because she has no prior record, is remorseful, has had an exemplary career and has the support of family and friends, per the
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