Darrell Brooks' sentencing: Hearing about victims, not defendant, says expert

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>> AND GOOD EVENING. STARTING TOMORROW, DARRELL BROOKS, WE’LL HEAR FROM THE FAMILIES AND VICTIMS HE FOR EVER CHANGES BEEN NEARLY A YEAR SINCE HE DROVE HIS SUV THROUGH WAUKESHA’S CHRISTMAS PARADE, KILLING 6 PEOPLE AND HURTING MORE THAN 60 OTHERS. WELL, DOZENS OF PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO SPEAK OVER THE NEXT 2 DAYS BEFORE THE JUDGE. >> HANDS DOWN BROOKS’S PUNISHMENT AND NEW AT 6 TMJ FOUR’S BRUCE HARRISON WHO HAS BEEN COVERING THIS TRIAL FROM DAY ONE SHOWS US WHAT TO EXPECT IN COURT. >> DARRELL BROOKS GRABBED ALL THE ATTENTION AND HIS HOMICIDE TRIAL AND ERRATIC DEFENDANT

WHO FAILED AS HIS OWN ATTORNEY PROJECTION. SPECULATE HERE OVERALL AT SENTENCING THE FIRST TIME IN THE TRIAL, HE WILL NOT BE THE FOCUS IN THE CASE OF THIS MAGNITUDE WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE WERE AFFECTED. THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE VICTIMS TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES. JONATHAN LAVOY IS A CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY CLOSELY FOLLOWING THE BROOKS TRIAL. MISTER BROOKS FATE IS SEALED. HE’S GOING TO SERVE THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON, BUT NOT BEFORE HEARING FROM PARADE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES. 6 DIED IN THE WAUKESHA CHRISTMAS PARADE. DOZENS MORE WERE INJURED. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAYS

DOZENS WILL SPEAK IN PERSON AT SENTENCING, INCLUDING CHILDREN, EVEN MORE HAVE SUBMITTED WRITTEN STATEMENTS TO BE READ IN COURT ISN’T UNCOMMON FOR A JUDGE TO SET ASIDE 2 DAYS FOR SENSING. YEAH, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY LENGTHY SENTENCING HEARING AND THAT’S A PRODUCT OF HAVING 42 VICTIMS OR

VICTIMS. FAMILY WANT TO SPEAK. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT CASE WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO SPEAK. IT SOUNDS LIKE MISTER BROOKS ALSO HAS A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT MIGHT SPEAK AS WELL. BROOKS, MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER TELL ME THEY’VE REQUESTED TO SPEAK REMOTELY OVER ZOOM BROOKS GRANDMOTHER, MARY DARLING

EDWARDS SHARED HER REMARKS FOR THE COURT WITH ME, WHICH FOCUSES ON RAISING AWARENESS FOR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. AND DARRELL BROOKS. HE’LL ALSO HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK AS A CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY. IF YOU’RE REPRESENTING MISTER BROOKS. WHAT KIND OF ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE HIM GOING INTO SENTENCING? AT THIS POINT, THERE’S PROBABLY NOTHING HE CAN DO TO CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF THE CASE. BUT HE NEEDS TO TALK ABOUT HOW HIS CRIMES AFFECTED OTHERS AND NOT ABOUT HIMSELF. SO I THINK HE NEEDS TO LOOK FOR TOWARDS FORGIVENESS. >> AND FOR ACCEPTANCE OF RESPONSIBILITY, BROOKS WAS CONVICTED ON

6 COUNTS OF INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE. >> EACH CARRIES A MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCE. JUDGE JENNIFER DOROW HAS THE DISCRETION TO ALLOW ELIGIBILITY FOR PAROLE. SHE MUST ALSO RULE ON THE 70 OTHER COUNTS. BROOKS WAS FOUND GUILTY OF AFTER THE VICTIMS HAVE THEIR SAY IN COURT REPORTING IN MILWAUKEE, BRUCE HARRISON TMJ 4 NEWS. >> AGAIN, BRUCE WILL BE IN COURT BRINGING YOU UPDATES AND TMJ. 4 NEWS WILL HAVE LIVE STREAMING COVERAGE OF BROOKS’S SENTENCING STARTING TOMORROW. YOU CAN SCAN THE QR CODE RIGHT THERE ON YOUR SCREEN TO DOWNLOAD OUR TMJ 4 NEWS APP. WE WILL SEND YOU ALERTS

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