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Dallas District attorney Faith Johnson who was recently lost last week’s election to be reelected is fighting to stay on the Botham Jean case although she has been voted out.

Johnson held the position for 22 months but lost the election by a landslide, losing her seat to retired judge John Creuzot.

Johnson told FOX 4, “The people of Dallas County have spoken, and they said that they want John Creuzot as their district attorney. Yes, I may be disappointed. But that’s all I can do is be disappointed. But I’ll never quarrel with what the people say.”

Johnson said her body of work shows the great work of her administration, which included an indictment against a Balch Springs officer Roy Oliver who was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the fatal shooting of Jordan Edwards. Oliver conviction marked the first time in 45 years that a police officer indicted and convicted of murder, according to the station.

The Jean case made mainstream headlines and had a negative public perception of how the case was handled. Including the Dallas Police Department have yet to search Amber Guyger apartment, and she reportedly was given time to scrub her Twitter and Facebook accounts of any incriminating evidence.

However, many residents of Dallas County and nationwide believe Jean was portrayed in a negative light by the media. When a report was shown on local Dallas news station that revealed marijuana was recovered from inside his apartment, while those who protested on his behalf were jailed for 15 hours, spending more time behind bars than Guyger.

Regardless of the public outrage, Johnson still hopes to be involved in the case.

“We are still proceeding with that case. And by the way, that case is going to the grand jury very soon,” Johnson said. “I want the opportunity to bring the indictment. It happened under my watch, and I think that’s very significant that I take this case to the grand jury.”

After being elected Johnson’s replacement announced he would push for a murder charge in the Jean case.

“I don’t know any police reports. I don’t know any forensic reports, but based on what I have seen, manslaughter is an inappropriate charge, based on the circumstances as I understand them,” Creuzot told NBC Dallas. “Once I get in there and I get everything in front of me and it appears the most appropriate charge is murder, then that’s the charge we will go forward with.”

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