Amber Guyger set for release 8 years after Botham Jean murder
Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger is set to be released from prison Oct. 16 after serving seven years of her 10-year sentence.
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Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger is set to be released from prison Oct. 16 after serving seven years of her 10-year sentence.
Guyger, who faced anywhere from five years to up to life in prison, was sentenced to 10 years.
Nearly eight years after his killing, Botham Jean's family is asking a court to compel Dallas to pay a nearly $100 million civil judgment tied to ex-officer Amber Guyger.
Testimony for Amber Guyger's civil trial is set to begin Monday for her alleged use of excessive force in the death of Botham Jean in 2018.
Amber Guyger, the former Dallas police officer convicted of murdering Botham Jean in 2018, has been denied parole and will not be eligible again until Oct. 2026.
Amber Guyger, who shot and killed Jean in September 2018, attracted national attention and sparked protests around the city.
The former Dallas police officer convicted of murdering Botham Jean in his apartment six years ago is eligible for parole Sunday, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
It was a Dallas killing that captured the nation's attention.
Friday marks the six-year anniversary of the night Botham Jean was shot and killed in his own apartment.
Botham Jean was killed six years ago in his Dallas apartment by Amber Guyger, a former Dallas police officer, who thought he was an intruder. On Sept. 29, she is eligible for parole.
On Tuesday, Jean's sister returned to Dallas to remember her brother and to talk about her now-published book "After Botham" for the first time.
The United States Supreme Court has denied former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger her final appeal.
On Saturday, Allisa Findley was in Addison for the 3rd annual Botham Jean Foundation Red Tie Gala.
One of the teen victims in last week’s shooting outside a party venue in south Dallas has died. 18 year-old Anthony Wilson was a senior at Dallas ISD's Lincoln High School.
An appeals court has upheld the court's decision on former Dallas officer Amber Guyger's murder conviction in the fatal shooting of her apartment neighbor, Botham Jean.
The new law, also known as Bo's Law, was named in honor of the Dallas accountant murdered in his own apartment by an off-duty Dallas police officer in 2018.
Guyger, 32, did not appear in court Tuesday and the panel seemed to doubt the arguments presented by her lawyer. The judges will hand down a decision at an unspecified later date.
A Texas court is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday on overturning the conviction of former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger.
Amber Guyger, a year and a half into her 10-year sentence for killing Botham Jean, will have her appeal heard by a panel of judges.
"You get the call, and your life immediately changes," says Alissa Charles-Findley, Botham Jean's sister.
Botham Jean Boulevard was officially unveiled on Saturday as a way to honor the man who was tragically killed in his own apartment by a Dallas officer.
A stretch of South Lamar from Interstate 30 to South Central Expressway will be renamed in Botham Jean's honor.
Amber Guyger, the Dallas police officer who gunned down Botham Jean inside his own apartment, wants her murder conviction overturned and now a court date for that appeal has been set.
The Dallas City Council unanimously voted to approve the renaming of a stretch of Lamar Street to Botham Jean Boulevard in order to honor the 26-year-old who was killed in his own apartment by an off-duty officer.
The Dallas City Council is hearing from the public about plans to rename a street in honor of Botham Jean -- the 26-year old accountant who was gunned down in his own apartment by an off-duty Dallas police officer.
