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Explain to the jury that either she was distracted because of those explicit text messages or perhaps she was tired from her shift. but in the prosecution's view, that didn't matter. all that mattered she went into the apartment and fired the fatal shots. the defense repeatedly said she feared for her life. they tried to bring up the controversial castle document defense. the prosecution said that was absurd. but the castle doctrine is similar to the stand your ground case. they rejected that theory and came back with the gl verdict. again, we're waying to see how long amber guyger is going to...

This afternoon former dallas police officer amber guyger was found guilty of murder for fatally shooting her neighbor bo than jean. last september guyger was off duty when she allegedly mistakenly entered jean's apartment instead of her own. she panicked, shot him twice, hitting him in the chest. prosecutors said jean was watching television and eating ice cream in his living room when guyger entered his apartment. it's sparked protests in the dallas area as the case became a focal point in racial tensions in the united states. jean's family wonders whether or not guyger would have shot him if...

Had been waiting for. this case captured national attention. this trial has been under way since last week and on friday dramatic testimony from amber guyger herself when she took the witness stand in her own defense. she said while she didn't mean to kill botham jean, she did enter his apartment. she regrets it. she apologized. but prosecutors said that wasn't enough. under cross-examination they got her to admit she did intend to kill him because she thought he was a threat, but that was enough for the jury to convict amber guyger of murder. prosecutors had also said she missed crucial clues...

Long amber guyger will spend behind bars. she faces up to 99 years in prison after dramatic verdict earlier today, guilty of murder. ali. >> was there any point in the testimony an explanation for how she didn't figure out until she was inside the apartment? i mean, look. we're not in her position, so we don't know. but at some point you'd recognize it's not your apartment, not your furniture, not your stuff. >> reporter: certainly. that is the main question that the prosecution hammered over and over again, that she should have realized seeing as though she was a trained police officer, someb...

In prison. joining me live is gabe gutierrez live from dallas. gabe? >> hi, there, ali. yes, five hours of deliberations and that jury of eight women and four men returned with that unanimous guilty verdict, amber guyger now facing up to 99 years in prison on that murder charge. the jury had also been considering the lesser charge of manslaughter. that carried anywhere from two to 20 years. again, right now the trial is in the sentencing phase. if we look, we see botham jean's mother on the witness stand. she was showing pictures of her son. botham jean was 26 years old when he was shot and ki...