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, has been denied parole, meaning she will have to wait another two years before taking another shot at release. 

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.” The reason for the denial? Guyger is still considered a danger to society.

Jean was sitting on the couch eating ice cream in his South Side Flats Apartments when Guyger walked into his apartment in the same building in which she lived, thinking she was entering her apartment. She saw Jean, thought he was a burglar, and shot him twice. Her apartment was one floor above Jean’s. 

The shooting occurred on September 6, 2018.

Then things got weird.

During the trial, Brandt, Jean’s brother, hugged and forgave Guyger. A court clerk also lovingly stroked her hair, and Judge Tammy Kemp hugged Guyger following her conviction. She also gave Guyger a Bible.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Wisconsin nonprofit intent on protecting the constitutional principles of the separation of church and state, filed a complaint against Kemp with the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct, accusing the judge of proselytizing from the bench.

Jean was employed as an accountant by PriceWaterhouseCoopers International Limited.