‘A continuing threat to public safety’: Killer cop Amber Guyger just failed to get out of prison early for Botham Jean’s murder, will have to wait years

Amber Guyger, Botham Jean

Left: Amber Guyger (Texas Department of Public Safety). Botham Jean (Harding University).

Amber Guyger, the former Dallas, Texas, police officer who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2019 after she was convicted of murdering 26-year-old accountant Botham Jean in his own apartment while off-duty on September 6, 2018, was just denied a chance at parole, meaning she will have to wait two more years to try again.

Records reviewed by Law&Crime show that the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole on Thursday set Guyger’s next parole review date for October 2026 after denying her a “favorable parole action.”

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