Two jurors who convicted former police officer Amber Guyger of murdering Botham Jean in his own apartment said the light prison sentence the jury settled on—10 years—stemmed from their belief that Jean wouldn’t have wanted “harsh vengeance.”
Guyger, 31, lived one floor beneath Jean, 26, in an apartment complex in Dallas, Texas. She said she entered his apartment by mistake last year and thought he was an intruder. She shot him dead when he advanced towards her.
