Dallas County sentenced former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger to 10 years in prison for murder after she shot and killed 26-year-old Botham Jean in his own apartment.
Guyger said she “mistook Jean’s apartment as her own and thought he was a burglar. Guyger lived one floor directly below Jean. She was off duty, but still in her uniform when she shot Jean.”
The final verdict for the case occurred this week.
Jean’s brother, Brandt, provided a victim statement after the jury announced Guyer’s sentence. Brandt addressed Guyers, giving a powerful statement that truly represents Christ’s mercy and forgiveness.
Listen to his statement, which begins:
“I don’t want to say twice or the hundredth time…how much you’ve taken from us,” Brandt began. I think you know that. But I hope you go to God with all the guilt, all the bad things you’ve done in the past.”
“If you truly are sorry, I know, I can speak for myself–I forgive you, and I know if you go to God and ask him, he will forgive you.”
Blithe Spirit 