NNPA NEWSWIRE After the sentence was pronounced, one of Jefferson’s sisters, Ashley Carr, read statements, including one from her sister, Amber Carr, Zion’s mother. Amber Carr said Jefferson, who planned to go to medical school, “had big dreams and goals” and that her son “feels he is responsible to fill the whole role of his aunt, and he has the weight of the world on his shoulders.”
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A former Texas police officer was sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison after he was found guilty of shooting Black woman Atatiana Jefferson inside her home while she was playing video games with her nephew.