BREAKING: Judge hands two-year sentence to Kim Potter, the former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she fatally shot Daunte Wright. Prosecutors had sought about seven years.
in the April 11 killing. She’ll be sentenced only on the most serious charge of first-degree manslaughter, which carries a presumptive penalty of just over seven years in prison.
For someone with no criminal history, such as Potter, the state guidelines on first-degree manslaughter range from slightly more than six years to about 8 1/2 years in prison, with the presumptive sentence being just over seven years.was proper, but defense attorneys asked for a sentence below the guidelines, including a sentence of probation only.
He also said Potter would be willing to meet with Wright’s family and to speak to police officers about Taser mixups.
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