Ex-officer sentenced to 33 months in prison in Breonna Taylor case
Brett Hankison, a former police officer in Louisville, Kentucky, who was convicted in Breonna Taylor's death, was sentenced to 33 months in prison on Monday.
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Brett Hankison, a former police officer in Louisville, Kentucky, who was convicted in Breonna Taylor's death, was sentenced to 33 months in prison on Monday.
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The 12-member jury returned the late night verdict after clearing Brett Hankison earlier in the evening on a charge that he used excessive force on Taylor's neighbors.
The judge also threw out major felony charges against two former Louisville police officers accused of falsifying a warrant.
A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after jurors failed to reach a verdict in the civil rights trial of Brett Hankison, a former Louisville police detective who was part of the botched raid that killed Breonna Taylor in 2020.
