Overview

• The DOJ memo, signed by Trump appointee Harmeet Dhillon and senior counsel Robert Keenan, urges Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings to impose one day behind bars followed by three years of supervised release for Brett Hankison.
• Hankison was convicted in November 2024 of violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights after firing ten shots into her apartment during a flawed no-knock raid in Louisville.
• The filing emphasizes that Hankison did not shoot Taylor and that none of his bullets struck her or her neighbors in the adjacent apartment.
• Prosecutors argue that no additional prison time is needed to protect the public or serve justice, pointing to Hankison’s lack of prior criminal history and the time he has already served.
• A federal judge will decide Hankison’s sentence at a July 21 hearing, concluding a process that included a mistrial in 2023 and acquittals on related state charges.