Amber Guyger

A former Texas police officer who was sent to prison for murdering her neighbor has been released from prison on parole.

Amber Guyger thought a man was in her apartment when she shot Botham Jean in twenty eighteen.

Instead, she had entered his apartment, which was situated in the exact same position as hers in the complex, just one floor above.

Jean's family fought to keep Guyger locked up, but the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles granted early release, citing her lack of a violent history.

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vehicleNew at four, former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger is released from prison three years early.

Guyger served seven of her 10 years in prison for murdering her neighbor.

Guyger says she mistook Botham Jean's apartment for her own.

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Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger will be released from prison this Friday.

Guyger, who is white, was convicted of murdering Botham Jean, her upstairs neighbor, in 2018.

She reportedly entered his apartment by mistake and thought he was a burglar in her home.

I do support the police.

I don't support Amber Guyger.

I'ma pivot a little bit.

I don't support Amber Guyger.

She's gonna be released.

If you're not familiar with Amber Guyger, this is the police officer in Dallas that whacked out Botham Jean because, quote-unquote, they were living in the same apartment complex, and he was on a floor either above or below her.

She got up, she was tired after a long shift, and got up, uh, got off on the wrong floor, basically broke into his, his home that she thought was her home, allegedly.

I don't believe that.

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We're gonna talk about Amber Guyger, who, uh, was charged and jailed for, wrongfully, for, uh, shooting and killing Botham Jean.

Uh, we have a release date and more on that coming up.

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This is the, uh, a new Lindsay Clancy case that's happening in, uh, Dallas-Fort Worth.

That's coming up next.

And then speaking of Dallas-Fort Worth, Amber Guyger, uh, the former Dallas police officer who shot and killed Botham Jean in his own apartment because it was a mistake of fact, not, uh, you know, uh, malicious intent.

She-- I have a release date on her.

Today we are revisiting one of the most powerful, highly requested, and deeply impactful topics that we have covered from our archive.

It's our two-part coverage on the tragic murder of Botham Jean, and the subsequent trial of his killer, Amber Guyger.

When these episodes originally aired, uh, they're episodes 70 and 71, so some early day Sinisterhood episodes.

The reception you all gave us was overwhelming.

... a lot of times.

But we're breaking it up into two episodes so we can really dig into some stuff.

So in this first one, we're gonna get through, um, the incident and the state side, and then in the next episode, we'll get into the defense, and Amber Guyger's actual testimony, and the verdict, and all the stuff leading up to current day situation.

Correct.

We have an update.

Amber Guyger, you might remember the name, has been granted parole after just seven years in prison.

Let me remind you.

In an update according to NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth News, Amber Guyger, the former Dallas police officer convicted of the 2018 shooting death of 26-year-old Botham Jean, has been granted early parole.

That's according to the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole.

There's no timeline for when Guyger will be released.