Botham Jean's parents tell GMA that although they're proud of their youngest son for forgiving Amber Guyger, they want the now-convicted murderer to understand the consequences.
The parents of Botham Jean, the innocent man shot to death in his own apartment by Amber Guyger, said that although they're proud of their youngest son for forgiving and hugging the former Dallas police officer, they want the now-convicted murderer to understand the consequences.
Brandt Jean asked and was granted permission from Dallas County District Court Judge Tammy Kemp, who presided over the trial, to hug Guyger, an act that brought many in the courtroom, including the judge, to tears. She faced a maximum prison sentence of 99 years, and prosecutors asked for at least 28 years to match Botham Jean's age if he were still alive. But in the end, the jurors unanimously agreed that a decade in prison was enough for Guyger after her attorneys argued she made a series of"horrible mistakes" but didn't kill him out of hate.
In its most recent quarterly report, the U.S. Sentencing Commission found that among 250 people convicted of federal murder charges between Oct. 1, 2018, and June 30, 2019, the median sentence was 20 years.
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