Thursday, April 13, 2023

Dear Gov. Abbott: About That Pardon…

Is it too late to tell the Board of Pardons and Paroles: “Just kidding!”?
A racist pedophile looking for people to shoot? Damn those “rogue” Travis County DA’s and liberal Austin juries!

This is some of the evidence presented at trial and submitted by the DA to the Board to consider in reviewing for a pardon.

Perry’s lawyer has filed a motion for new trial on the grounds that “Han shot first”. Self-defense, IOW. The motion is a predicate to any appeal, and probably won’t be granted.

I don’t think the Board wants this stink bomb. And Abbott can’t do anything unless they accept it.

This literally makes everything Abbott wanted from this pardon, worse:
In one tweet, Abbott — a former state Supreme Court justice who served three terms as attorney general before moving to the governor’s mansion — made clear he intends to bypass the judge, the jury and the criminal justice system’s appeals process to impose his desired outcome on the controversial case. 
“This is unprecedented,” state Rep. Ron Reynolds, chair of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus, said in a statement this week. “In a state where this governor often touts the ‘rule of law’ and cracking down on crime, here we see him openly stating his intention of pardoning a convicted murderer who took the life of a protester.”
That’s not as popular a position in Texas as you might imagine. And this is really going to bite Abbott in the ass:
An Abbott spokesperson did not answer repeated questions on whether anyone in the governor’s office sat in on Perry’s trial, reviewed evidence in the case or contacted the victim’s family before his announcement. Nor would they shed light on the motivation behind Abbott’s decision.
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