Texas parole board approves Amber Guyger’s parole

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles approved former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger for parole after she served seven years of a 10-year sentence for murdering Botham Jean. The board has not announced when Guyger will be released, so the approval does not establish that she is already out of prison. Guyger was convicted in 2019 for the 2018 killing of Jean, a 26-year-old accountant who was at home in his Dallas apartment. Guyger testified that she entered the apartment believing it was her own and thought Jean was an intruder. She was off duty but still in uniform at the time of the shooting. The Dallas Police Department fired her after the killing. In accounts of its decision, the parole board cited the absence of a documented pattern of violent or assaultive arrests or convictions, Guyger’s satisfactory adjustment in prison and her completion of programs intended to help her obtain and maintain stable employment. The reports do not include the board’s underlying written decision or specify parole conditions. Guyger was previously denied parole in 2024. She had become eligible after serving part of her sentence, and Jean’s family and others opposed her release.