The Brief Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger has been granted parole after serving seven years for the 2018 murder of Botham Jean. Botham Jean's family confirmed the news of Guyger's upcoming release. Guyger was originally serving a 10-year prison sentence for shooting Jean after accidentally entering his apartment believing it was her own.



Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger has been granted parole after serving seven years for the murder of Botham Jean in 2018.

She was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

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Jean's family confirmed the news of Guyger's upcoming release on Thursday morning.

It's not yet clear when she will be freed.

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In her trial, Guyger's defense argued she mistakenly identified Jean as an intruder in her apartment after a long day at work with the Dallas Police Department.

In reality, she walked into her 26-year-old neighbor's apartment thinking it was her own.

The case gained national attention and inspired a number of protests in Dallas.

Guyger was denied parole at her last hearing in 2024. She was scheduled for a new hearing on Oct. 10, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Statement from Civil Rights Attorney Lee Merritt on the Parole of Amber Guyger

We are deeply disappointed by the decision to grant parole to Amber Guyger, the former Dallas police officer convicted of murdering Botham Jean.

Botham Jean was in his own home, eating ice cream, when his life was taken. He did nothing wrong. He was a son, a brother, a friend, and a man of faith who served his church and his community. He should still be here.

Botham's family and the community strongly opposed this parole. They stood up again and again to ask that the full sentence be served. A 10-year sentence was already a fraction of what was lost. Releasing Ms. Guyger after seven years makes that loss feel even smaller in the eyes of the system. It is not.

The family still lives with this loss every day. Botham does not get to come home. His family does not get the years they should have had with him. No parole decision can return what wa

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