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As former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was sentenced to 10 years in prison for murdering her neighbor, Botham Jean, she found compassion from an unlikely source — Jean's brother. Errin Haines, a national writer on race and ethnicity for The Associated Press, wrote about that moment and joins CBSN to discuss how it's being received given the legacy of racial violence in America.
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A key witness in the murder trial of a former Dallas police officer is now dead, and police are trying to find out who killed him. Joshua Brown, Botham Jean's neighbor, was shot to death on Friday. His testimony helped prosecutors piece together the events of Jean's murder, and ultimately led to Amber Guyger's conviction. Omar Villafranca reports.
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A key witness in the murder trial of former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was fatally shot outside his Dallas apartment. Joshua Brown's testimony was crucial to Guyger's conviction in the murder of Botham Jean. Meg Oliver reports.
Witness in Amber Guyger murder trial fatally shot
Joshua Brown, a prosecution witness in Amber Guyger's murder trial, was shot to death, the Dallas District Attorney's Office confirmed Saturday. Guyger is a former Dallas police officer who was found guilty October 1 of murdering Botham Jean, her neighbor, in his home. CBS News' Meg Oliver reports.
Witness who testified in Amber Guyger trial shot to death
Joshua Brown, a neighbor of the former cop and Botham Jean, testified for the prosecution
Mom of slain man says son hugging cop should not be "misconstrued"
The murder trial of a former Dallas cop who shot and killed her unarmed neighbor in his home ended in dramatic fashion when the brother of the victim, Botham Jean, hugged Amber Guyger
Botham Jean's mom reacts to son hugging cop
The murder trial stemming from a controversial police shooting in Dallas ended in a dramatic gesture of forgiveness. Courtroom video captured the emotional moment, when the brother of Botham Jean, the victim, hugged former police officer Amber Guyger. Guyger was sentenced to 10 years in prison for murdering Jean. She could have received up to 99 years. Outside, protesters called the sentence too lenient. Omar Villafranca reports.
Amber Guyger sentenced 10 years
A jury has sentenced former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger to 10 years in prison for the shooting death of her unarmed neighbor Botham Jean in his home last year. CBS News' Omar Villafranca reports from Dallas.
Amber Guyger sentenced to 10 years
Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for killing her neighbor Botham Jean in his apartment, which she said she mistook for her own unit. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano with the latest.
Brother of slain man forgives and hugs ex-cop at sentencing
The ex-Dallas officer was sentenced to 10 years in the death of her unarmed neighbor in his own home
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Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger is awaiting her sentence, after she was found guilty Tuesday of murdering her black neighbor Botham Jean in his own home. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca joins CBSN AM to discuss the latest in the case.
Amber Guyger guilty of murder
A jury found a former Dallas officer guilty of murder in the shooting death of her neighbor, Botham Jean. Guyger testified she thought she was entering her own apartment when she shot Jean, mistaking him for a burglar. Omar Villafranca reports.
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Amber Guyger found guilty of murder
A jury has found former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger guilty of murder in the shooting death of her neighbor, Botham Jean. Guyger claimed she mistakenly entered his apartment, thinking it was her own, and thought he was a burglar. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca reports on the verdict, and attorney Ken Belkin joins CBSN with analysis.
Verdict looms in Amber Guyger trial
A verdict could come today in the Amber Guyger murder trial, as the jury resumes deliberations Tuesday morning. The former Dallas police officer is charged with shooting and killing Botham Jean inside his apartment last September. She claims she mistook it for her own. Omar Villafranca reports.
Case against cop who killed her neighbor heads to jury
A prosecutor called Amber Guyger's belief that she was in her own apartment when she killed Botham Jean "absurd"
Botham Jean's family launches foundation
Monday marks the seventh day of the trial of a former Dallas police officer who shot and killed her neighbor in his apartment last September. This comes as we hear from the victim's family for the first time. They hosted a gala Sunday on what would have been Botham Jean's 28th birthday. Omar Villafranca reports.
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