The Moment the Verdict Changed Everything
On June 19, 2019, a Dallas courtroom fell silent. Botham Jean had been shot and killed in his own apartment by off-duty police officer Amber...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Acts 2:14a, 36-41.
On June 19, 2019, a Dallas courtroom fell silent. Botham Jean had been shot and killed in his own apartment by off-duty police officer Amber Guyger, who claimed she mistook his unit for hers. The jury delivered its guilty verdict, and something extraordinary happened in the sentencing phase. Botham's eighteen-year-old brother, Brandt Jean, took the witness stand. Through tears, he told the woman who killed his brother, "I forgive you.…
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