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Amber Guyger, police officer who murdered black neighbor in his home, released from prison

Guyger, convicted of murder of Botham Jean in Dallas in 2018, served seven years of 10-year sentence

The Guardian - US · Oct 16

Former Dallas police officer convicted of murdering Black neighbor given early parole

Amber Guyger, who has served seven of 10-year sentence, had said she had walked into Botham Jean’s home thinking it was her own when she shot him

The Guardian - US · Oct 1

Former Dallas officer convicted of killing Black man in his apartment granted parole

The former white Dallas police officer convicted of killing a Black man in his apartment that she mistook for her own has been granted parole with three years left on her 10-year sentence

The Independent UK · Oct 1

Atatiana Jefferson’s neighbors: Aaron Dean’s lawyers defamed historic Fort Worth community

FORT WORTH — Newly built houses are nestled among older, some dilapidated, homes on East Allen Avenue. Some lawns are manicured while others are unkempt.

Tribune News Service · Dec 21, 2022

Ex-Fort Worth cop sentenced to nearly 12 years for manslaughter of Atatiana Jefferson

A jury found Aaron Dean guilty of manslaughter last week for the fatal shooting of Jefferson, a 28-year-old Black woman, while she was babysitting her nephew in a family home.

The Texas Tribune · Dec 20, 2022

Ex-Fort Worth cop Aaron Dean sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for manslaughter

FORT WORTH, Texas — The former Fort Worth officer convicted of manslaughter for the 2019 killing of Atatiana Jefferson was sentenced Tuesday to more than 11 years in prison, marking an end to the long-awaited trial in a case that sent shock waves across Tarrant County and nationwide.

Tribune News Service · Dec 20, 2022

‘Work to be done’: Fort Worth and beyond react after Aaron Dean convicted of manslaughter

FORT WORTH, Texas — Shouts erupted outside a Tarrant County courtroom Thursday as activists and community leaders decried that a former Fort Worth officer found guilty of manslaughter wouldn’t face a more serious conviction for fatally shooting Atatiana Jefferson in 2019.

Tribune News Service · Dec 16, 2022

Former Fort Worth police officer found guilty of manslaughter of Atatiana Jefferson

A jury on Thursday found Aaron Dean guilty of manslaughter for shooting Jefferson while she babysat her nephew in her mother’s home in 2019.

The Texas Tribune · Dec 15, 2022

Court upholds conviction, sentence of Amber Guyger, ex-Dallas officer who murdered Botham Jean

DALLAS — Texas’ highest criminal court upheld the murder conviction and 10-year prison sentence of Amber Guyger, the former Dallas police officer who fatally shot Botham Jean in his apartment in 2018 after she said she mistook him for an intruder.

Tribune News Service · Mar 31, 2022