A jury deciding the sentence for a former Texas police officer who was convicted of manslaughter last week for fatally shooting Atatiana Jefferson through a rear window in her home in 2019 deliberated for over seven hours Monday.
Aaron Dean reacts during the sentencing phase of his trial at Tarrant County's 396th District Court on Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, in Fort Worth, Texas. Dean, a former Fort Worth police officer, was found guilty of manslaughter in the 2019 shooting death of Atatiana Jefferson. – A jury deciding the sentence for a former Texas police officer who was convicted of manslaughter last week forthrough a rear window in her home in 2019 deliberated for over seven hours Monday.
Aaron Dean, 38, faces up to 20 years in prison, which is what prosecutors requested during closing arguments in the sentencing phase. But jurors also have the option of sentencing him to probation, which is what the defense asked jurors to give him.Thursday is also determining his sentence. Jurors started deliberating Dean's sentencing at about 10 a.m. Monday and left the courthouse around 5:30 p.m. They will be sequestered and begin deliberating again Tuesday.
The white Fort Worth officer shot the 28-year-old Black woman while responding to a call about an open front door. His guilty verdict was a rare conviction of an officer for killing someone who was also armed with a gun.
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