Former Fort Worth officer Aaron Dean's appeal refused by state's highest criminal court

[SouthBayDem]

Source: KERA

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals will not review the manslaughter conviction of former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean, who fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson through her bedroom window in 2019.

Dean filed a petition for review in his case last month after the state's Second Court of Appeals upheld the conviction earlier this year. He was convicted on the lesser charge of manslaughter in 2022 instead of his original charge of murder.

In court documents filed April 16, Dean's attorney Bob Gill said jurors should only have been allowed to decide on murder, not manslaughter.

"[Dean’s] jury was under pressure to convict [Dean],” Gill wrote. “They compromised on manslaughter even though the facts showing only an intentional act did not justify this verdict.”

Read more: https://www.keranews.org/criminal-justice/2024-05-15/aaron-dean-manslaughter-appeal-atatiana-jefferson

[marble falls]

1. "Buchouronner, he's a cop, he can shoot anyone he wants!"

[Traurigkeit]

2. Start doing TIME, Dean. Atatiana Jefferson is DEAD forever.

[Wonder Why]

3. "I'm a cop! I am allowed to shoot innocent black people and not be held responsible. It's tradition in this country."

[LudwigPastorius]

4. That's a new one: Playing Video Games In Your Own Home While Black

Obviously a capital offense...