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Aaron Dean sentenced to over 10 years in prison after being found guilty of manslaughter in Atatiana Jefferson’s death in 2019

Jury to continue deliberating Aaron Dean’s sentencing on Tuesday


Jury to continue deliberating Aaron Dean’s sentencing on Tuesday

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Former Texas State Police Officer Aaron Dean convicted of manslaughter For the murder of Atatiana Jefferson in 2019, he was sentenced to 11 years, 10 months and 12 days in prison.

The decision was announced on the afternoon of Tuesday, December 20, less than a week after Dean was convicted of manslaughter on December 15.

Dean was initially charged with murder, but before the jury began deliberating, he told them the judge could consider a verdict of manslaughter.

Sentencing hearings began Monday. The jury deliberated for more than seven hours before the day’s break.

The verdict was very late trial It began three years after Jefferson was murdered in his Forth Worth home. Dean arrived at her home on October 12, 2019 and answered a call that her front door was open after her neighbor called non-emergency police.she said dean believed a robbery was in progressbut Jefferson’s nephewHe, who was at home at the time of the shooting, said the door had been left open to let the smoke out of the hamburgers he had burned.

While looking for signs of an intruder, Dean entered the backyard of the house. Prosecutor Dale Smith claimed That Dean didn’t announce himself anytime. Jefferson’s nephew, who was eight years old at the time of the shooting, said his aunt had heard noises outside and grabbed the pistol he had.

The main question at trial was whether Dean saw Jefferson’s weapon before firing. Dean testified that he saw the barrel of the gun pointed at him, so he fired.his Attorney Bob Gill said In a statement concluding that Dean had the right to self-defense.

Smith claimed that Dean did not give Jefferson time to obey orders such as raising his hand. Body camera footage released by the Fort Worth Police Department shows that Dean shot Jefferson about a second after he first spoke to him. The prosecutor said that Dean Having never seen a gun, he described him as a “gun-ho, hard-charger” who “had just shot.”

Dean had completed police academy training the year before the 2019 shooting. quit the army Two days after the shooting, hours before he was arrested and charged with murder.


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/aaron-dean-sentenced-atatiana-jefferson-killing/ Aaron Dean sentenced to over 10 years in prison after being found guilty of manslaughter in Atatiana Jefferson’s death in 2019

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