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Law’s Ayesha Bell Hardaway discusses the case against Kim Potter

Legal community sees both unequal treatment and mercy in Kimberly Potter’s sentence

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Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, associate professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute, said she was struck by the judge’s plea for empathy for Kim Potter, the police officer convicted in the killing of Daunte Wright.