Perry was convicted of murdering Garrett Foster at a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020.
Demonstrators gather for a vigil for Garrett Foster, who was shot and killed during a Black Lives Matter protest on July 25, 2020. Last year, a jury convicted Daniel Perry of murder in the case.
José Garza said his office filed the challenge, known as a writ of mandamus, with the state’s highest criminal court on Tuesday. It argues the pardon violated the Texas Constitution. Gov. Greg Abbott had pledged to pardon him after pressure from conservative media outlets. He argued Perry was within his rights to shoot Foster under Texas’ stand your ground law and that the case shouldn’t have gone to trial.
"We will continue to use the legal process to fight for Garrett Foster, for his family and for his friends," he said."If we allow this, we are setting a precedent for anybody else who wants to copycat that — and for any other governor who wants to overstep outside of their role and undermine the justice system that we have in place, that has worked," Sheila Foster said"It was planned. It was premeditated.
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