A former police officer in the southern US state of Texas has been sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison for fatally shooting Atatiana Jefferson, a Black woman, through the rear window of her home in 2019 after entering her property unannounced.On Tuesday, a jury sentenced 38-year-old Aaron Dean to 11 years and 10 months in prison after convicting Dean of manslaughter last Thursday. He had faced a potential sentence of up to 20 years in prison.”Today’s guilty verdict is one small step to delivering justice for Atatiana Jefferson and her family,” US Congressman Marc Veasey, who represents a Texas district, said in a statement following the conviction last week.
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