Ex-Cop Amber Guyger Appealing Murder Conviction in Botham Jean's Death
One night in September 2018, Alissa Charles-Findley got the call that has upended her family's lives ever since: Her brother, Botham Jean, was dead.
Earlier that evening, off-duty Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, who is white, returned to the apartment complex where she lived, not far from the police station. The way she later told it, she walked through the front door and thought she saw a burglar watching television and eating ice cream in her home. She shot and killed him.
But Jean, a 26-year-old Black accountant, was no burglar; he was her upstairs neighbor. Nor was the apartment Guyger's: She had walked into his home by mistake.
Jean’s death sparked protests across the city. Charged with murder, Guyger faced between five and 99 years in prison. In the end, however, the court sentenced her to only 10, but she’s now appealing the charge in hopes of securing a lesser sentence.
Read more: https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/amber-guygers-appeal-court-date-set-for-botham-jean-killing-11991216
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