‘Should Serve Her Full Sentence’: Family Outraged as Ex-Dallas Cop Who Killed Botham Jean Could Walk Free as She Becomes Eligible for Parole on Victim’s Birthday

The family of Botham Jean, who was shot and killed in his apartment by Dallas police officer Amber Guyger in 2018, said they are reliving the nightmare after learning that Guyger has recently become eligible for parole after serving just half of her 10-year sentence. Jean’s relatives expressed strong opposition to Guyger’s potential release, especially as her new parole status coincided with what would have been his 33rd birthday. Guyger, who is white, shot Jean to death on Sept. 6, 2018, after mistakenly entering the wrong apartment and opening fire.& At one point in the murder trial for ex-Dallas cop Amber Guyger, she was asked to demonstrate how she held the gun in shooting Black PwC associate Botham Jean Sept. 6, 2018. A jury convicted Guyger of murder Oct. 1. (Photo credit left to right: NBC News screenshot and Harding University via @xdom718 on Twitter) She later claimed that she believed Jean was an intruder in her unit — which was located one floor below Jean’s fourth-floor apartment — asserting that her actions were legally justified under the belief that she was defending herself.  Guyger was off duty at the time of the shooting but still in uniform, however, there...