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Thursday, July 17, 2025
Justice Department requests one day in prison for former officer in Breonna Taylor case

The Justice Department is seeking no prison time for a former officer who blindly shot into Breonna Taylor’s home during a botched 2020 raid that sparked a federal inquiry into policing in Louisville, Kentucky.

Brett Hankison, a former Louisville Metro Police Department detective whose shots did not strike Taylor, was convicted of deprivation of rights under color of law in November. A Justice Department sentencing memo requests one day of incarceration, time Hankison already served, arguing that there “is no need for a prison sentence to protect the public from defendant.”

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