“I look forward to approving the Board’s pardon recommendation as soon as it hits my desk,” Abbott said in a statement posted to Twitter. Story by TexasTribune.
Gov. Greg Abbott, seen in San Antonio in March, announced Saturday that he asked the parole board to review Daniel Perry’s murder conviction on an expedited basis.directed the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to consider recommending a pardon for Daniel Perry on Saturday, one day after a Travis County jury convicted the U.S. Army sergeant in the 2020 murder of Austin protester Garrett Foster.
Prior to Abbott’s announcement, the Republican Party of Texas called on the governor to get involved. Based on parole board recommendations, Abbott granted two pardons in 2022, eight in 2021 and seven in 2020 — all for lower-level offenses, including theft, providing alcohol to a minor, assault by contact, burglary of a vehicle, credit card abuse and illegally carrying a firearm.
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