Prosecutors pointed to Guyger's racially insensitive text messages and social media posts espousing violence, suggesting it showed her true character. Prosecutors argued for a sentence of no less than 28 years - the age Jean would have turned on Sunday.
The jury rejected a "sudden passion" defense that would have reduced the sentencing range from 2 to 20 years. Guyger faced anywhere from five years to up to life in prison. Her defense team argued that she made a "series of horrible mistakes," but prosecutors said Guyger missed multiple signs she was in the wrong place, confronted Jean with the intent to kill and failed to help Jean after she shot him. Lucia native who worked as an accountant, had been sitting on his couch eating ice cream. In tearful testimony, Guyger, who is white, said she mistook Jean's apartment for her own when she found his door ajar and opened fire, thinking he was an intruder.
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The sentencing capped an emotional trial that launched with opening statements September 23. Around 20 other demonstrators remained outside the courts building and jail. One woman was taken into custody after it appeared she didn't follow police orders to clear the street and move to the sidewalk.Ībout 30 protesters chanted "No justice, no peace no racist police" and "Amber alert!" as they marched through the streets surrounded by up to a dozen police officers, some in riot gear.
On Wednesday night, dozens of demonstrators marched through parts of downtown Dallas to protest Guyger's sentence as too lenient, sometimes blocking traffic on heavily traveled streets outside the courts building and through the western section of downtown. "That man is 18, and he's a leader," Creuzot said.
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