Jury awards $98 million to family of Dallas man shot in his home by ex-police officer
A jury ordered former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger to pay $98 million after finding that she used excessive force in the fatal shooting of Botham Jean in his home six years ago.
The civil verdict and penalty for Guyger, 36, came five years after she was convicted of murder in the 2018 killing of Botham Jean and sentenced to a decade in prison.
Guyger did not attend the three-day trial, nor did she have a lawyer present, according to NBC Dallas-Fort Worth. The attorney who…
