Aaron Dean found guilty of manslaughter in killing of Atatiana Jefferson, 28, Internet calls it 'a murder'
FORT WORTH, TEXAS: Former police officer Aaron Dean was found guilty of manslaughter three years after the death of Atatiana Jefferson, a 28-year-old Black woman who was fatally shot in her Texas home. According to Texas penal code, manslaughter is a second-degree felony and is punishable by two to 20 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine. People are dissatisfied with the sentence as they believe Dean should have been charged with murder.
According to Judge George Gallagher, both a murder charge and a lesser charge of manslaughter were considered during deliberation by the jury. The five days of testimony also included Zion Carr's statement, Jefferson's now 11-year-old nephew. He was in the room with Jefferson at the time she was shot. ABC News reports the jury also heard from Dean's partner that night, Officer Carol Darch, a call center operator, who gave Aaron Dean and Darch the information about Jefferson's home. The deputy medical examiner in Tarrant County, Richard Fries, was also presented in front of the jury.
