FORT WORTH, Texas — Jurors deliberated former Fort Worth Officer Aaron Dean’s punishment for more than seven hours Monday before they were sequestered, extending the sentencing phase of the trial another day.
The Tarrant County jury began deliberations just before 10 a.m. after prosecutors and defense attorneys gave their last pitches for the sentence Dean, 38, should receive for killing Atatiana Jefferson in 2019.
The same jurors found Dean guilty of manslaughter Thursday after weighing his guilt for about 14 hours over two days, drawing mixed reactions from the community. Dean is white. Jefferson was Black.
