Sanctions dismissed against former judge, Dallas County District Attorney-elect Amber Givens

A special court on Thursday dismissed all judicial sanctions against former Dallas County judge Amber Givens, who is set to become the county’s next district attorney.

In a six-page opinion, Texas’ Special Court of Review ruled evidence didn’t support the allegation that Givens — then judge of Dallas County’s 282nd District Court — allowed her court coordinator to conduct a virtual hearing in her place in 2021.

Nor did the evidence support allegations that Givens intentionally put a man in jail and revoked another’s bond after she recused herself from their cases, the court ruled…

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