Amber Guyger Judge Tammy Kemp Blasted By Atheists Over Gifting Of Bible To Convicted Former Cop ‘Complaint Filed’

DALLAS, TX. (THECOUNT) — A complaint has been fired against Amber Guyger trial judge, Tammy Kemp, after she gave the former cop her personal bible following sentencing her to 10 years in jail.

Freedom From Religion Foundation activists filed a complaint Thursday against Kemp for emerging from her chambers with a personal bible she then presented to the woman convicted of killing her neighbor.

Organization co-presidents Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor are asking for the commission to investigate the actions as a violation under the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.

The foundation claims Judge Kemp’s “proselytizing actions overstepped judicial authority” and has asked the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct to investigate.

Guyger was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the murder of Botham Jean, whom she says she fatally shot after she entered his apartment thinking it was her own.

Jean’s brother made headline after asking Judge Kemp if he could hug the defendant following her sentencing.

It was then she gave Guyger a hug and the Bible, telling her that her “assignment,” was to read John 3:16.

“You can have mine. I have three or four more at home,” she said. “This is the one I use every day. This is your job for the next month. It says right here. John 3:16. And this is where you start. ‘For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life,'” reports KMOV.

While it is acceptable for Kemp to express her faith as a private citizen, the complaint argues, was representing the US government at the time.

“We, too, believe our criminal justice system needs more compassion from judges and prosecutors. But here, compassion crossed the line into coercion. And there can be few relationships more coercive than a sentencing judge in a criminal trial and a citizen accused and convicted of a crime,” the complaint said.

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