BREAKING: Amber Guyger sentenced to 10 years in prison for wrong-apartment murder of innocent man
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.
The sentencing phase came a day after the jury rejected Guyger's self-defense claims and convicted her of murder in the fatal shooting of Jean, 26, an innocent man eating ice cream in his own home just before he was killed on Sept. 6, 2018.Guyger, who was fired from her job as a Dallas police officer in the wake of the shooting, had faced a maximum sentence of five to 99 years in prison.
Guyger's defense lawyer Toby Shook asked the jury for mercy, pleading with them not to give Guyger a sentence meant for someone who kills out of"hate, for self-gain, who does so without remorse." Earlier Wednesday, Jean's father, Bertrum Jean, broke down in tears on the witness stand as he spoke of his son. He said how much he missed the conversations on the phone that they shared every Sunday.Bertrum Jean said his son's death has traumatized his family. Showing him a photo of him hugging his wife on the day of their son's funeral, Long asked him to describe what was going through his mind when the photo was taken.
Guyger's mother, Karen Guyger, also addressed the jury, describing her daughter as a"sweet and loving" child who always worries about her.
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