Botham Jean's brother to Amber Guyger: 'I forgive you.' In a stunning moment, Brandt Jean asked the judge to allow him to hug the former Dallas police officer after she was sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing his sibling.
Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was sentenced on Wednesday to serve 10 years in prison for the fatal 2018 killing of an innocent man she shot when she mistakenly entered his apartment believing it was her own.
Guyer was turned over to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to immediately begin her sentence. She could be eligible for parole in five years. Moments later, Kemp spoke to Guyger privately and also hugged her and appeared to give her words of hope. She also handed her a Bible. "His privacy was violated. She intruded on him and that was not enough. She killed him," Allison Jean said."If Amber Guyger was trained not to shoot in the heart, my son would be standing here today."
Before the jury began deciding Guyger's punishment, Dallas County Assistant District Attorney LaQuita Long suggested to the panel that the sentence should not be lower than 28 years, noting that Jean would have turned 28 this past Sunday. He said Guyger is incredibly remorseful and that she made a series of"horrible mistakes" that caused her to"pull that trigger in an instant, an instant she'll have to live with the rest of her life."
"How could that happen to us, our family?" said Bertrum Jean, his voice choking with emotion."How could we have lost Botham -- such a sweet boy. He tried his best to live a good, honest life. He loved God. He loved everyone. How could this happen to him?" Karen Guyger revealed that her former boyfriend molested Guyger when she was around 6 years old. Despite the childhood trauma, she said her daughter continued to work hard at school and even took up the violin and joined a mariachi band in high school.
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