being a bounty hunter

Several bounty hunters have also been arrested for killing a fugitive or apprehending the wrong person, mistaking them for a fugitive. Unlike police officers, they have no legal protections against injuries to non-fugitives and few legal protections against injuries to their targets. In a Texas case, bounty hunters Richard James and his partner DG Pearson were arrested in 2001 for felony charges during an arrest. The charges were levied by the fugitive and his family, but were later dismissed against the hunters after the fugitive’s wife shot a deputy sheriff in another arrest attempt of the fugitive by the county sheriff’s department. The hunters sued the fugitive and family, winning the civil suit for malicious prosecution with a judgment amount of 1.5 million dollars.