'I don't know if this is possible, but can I give her a hug please?' Botham Jean's brother asked. 'Yes,' the judge said. Brandt Jean walked over to Amber Guyger and hugged her tightly. He said he didn't want her to go to prison, and that he forgave her.
His voice cracking on the witness stand, Brandt Jean turned to the judge and asked to hug the woman who killed his brother.
The jury had just sentenced former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger to 10 years in prison."I don't know if this is possible, but can I give her a hug please," he asked."Please?""Yes," District Judge Tammy Kemp said.Jean stepped down from the witness stand and hugged Guyger tightly on Wednesday. He said he didn't want her to go to prison, and that he forgave her.Read MoreGuyger fatally shot Botham Jean in his own apartment in 2018.
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