Ex-Texas Officer Who Shot and Killed Atatiana Jefferson Sentenced

Atatiana Jefferson, who was killed at her home by a former Texas police officer, has been sentenced to almost 12 years in prison.

A 28-year-old Black woman named Jefferson was shot to death by Aaron Dean while police were responding to an open structure call in October of this year.

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At the time Jefferson was fatally shot, her nephew Zion, who is now 11 years old, was with her. Zion was just eight years old when Jefferson was killed.

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The jury sentenced Dean to 20 years of imprisonment instead of 20 years in prison for murder earlier this month, and he was convicted of manslaughter, not murder.

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He was sentenced to 11 years, 10 months, and 12 days by a Tarrant County jury, according to Fox's Dallas-Fort Worth affiliate, KDFW.

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In the aftermath of a gag order having been lifted, Ashley Carr, Jefferson's sister, responded to the sentencing.

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"I wish there had been more time," Carr said outside Jefferson's home, according to a news report.

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