(2 Oct 2019) The same jury that convicted a white Dallas police officer in the fatal shooting of her black neighbor will return to court Wednesday to consider her sentence, a penalty that could be anywhere from five to 99 years in prison.
Amber Guyger, who said she mistook Botham Jean's apartment for her own, was convicted of murder Tuesday in a verdict that prompted tears of relief from his family and chants of "black lives matter" from a crowd outside the courtroom.
Guyger sat alone, weeping, at the defense table.
During the punishment phase, which began Tuesday afternoon, her defense attorneys can argue that she deserves a light sentence because she acted out of fear that she had found an intruder in her home.
It was unclear how long the punishment phase of the trial will last.
Jean's friends and family explained how his death has affected them. First on the stand was Allison Jean, who said her son was killed just before he was due to turn 27.
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