Texas Former Police Officer Convicted of Killing Neighbor Granted Parole
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
Amber Guyger, a former Dallas police officer found guilty of fatally shooting her neighbor Botham Jean in 2018 at an apartment complex across from police headquarters, has finally been granted parole, according to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. Guyger was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2019 and applied for parole in 2024, but the victim's family, the Dallas County District Attorney's Office, and over 6,300 people signed an online petition opposing her release. Shortly thereafter, a civil court jury found her liable and ordered her to pay $98.6 million. Jean's family sought compensatory and punitive damages for their son's death. The incident occurred on the night of September 6, 2018, at the South Side Flats apartment complex, located a block from the Dallas Police Department headquarters, where both lived on different floors. She claimed that upon arriving at her apartment, she saw a man and shot him, but it was not her apartment; it was her neighbor's on another floor, and she mistakenly thought it was hers. The case drew national attention as the defense maintained that Guyger arrived tired, mistakenly, and sleep-deprived at Botham Jean's apartment, which was their main argument, a factual error referred to in English as 'mistake of acts.'
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