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By Brandon Drenon
BBC News
A US Army sergeant convicted of killing a Black Lives Matter protester in 2020 has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.
A judge sentenced Daniel Perry, 36, on Wednesday, for fatally shooting Garrett Foster, 28, at a protest in Austin. Perry and Foster are both white.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott previously said he would pardon Perry as soon as an official request "hits my desk".
Republicans and Perry's attorneys argued he acted in self defence.