BREAKING: Amber Guyger sentenced to 10 years in prison for murdering neighbor Botham Jean.
for fatally shooting her unarmed neighbor in his apartment, was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison.
Guyger did not testify during her sentencing, but has the opportunity to appeal the conviction in the unique case that has gripped the city of Dallas and shattered the idea that law-abiding citizens can be safe in their own homes. She said she reported it to the police and he was arrested. NBC News was unable to immediately learn the outcome of the case."She feels very bad about it," Karen Guyger said through tears.
In another Pinterest post, Guyger commented under a picture of a Minion from the movie"Despicable Me":"People are so ungrateful. No one ever thanks me for having the patience not to kill them," the comment read.New texts were also shown to jurors between Guyger and her married work partner, Officer Martin Rivera, with whom she had been having an affair.
"Through these horrible series of events, she went into his apartment by mistake," Shook said."She pulled that trigger in an instant — an instant she will regret for the rest of her life. ... She didn't go there seeking to kill him."
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