Abbott's preemptive pardon request in George Floyd protest killing isn't justice (Editorial)
U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Perry, center, and his attorney Doug O'Connell, left, walk out of the courtroom during jury deliberations in his murder trial, Friday, April 7, 2023, at the Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center in Austin, Texas. Perry was convicted of murder on Friday for fatally shooting Garrett Foster, an armed protester in 2020, during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice.
“[A]bsolutely, astronomically strange.” That’s how Gary Cohen, an Austin-based criminal defense attorney specializing in pardon and parole law,the possibility that Perry could be pardoned before even being sentenced. The case was already a political lightning rod. The inevitable, logical conclusion to permissive gun laws set against the backdrop of widespread protest. Both Foster and Perry were legally armed but Perry claimed that he, after driving into the crowd of protestors, felt threatened by Foster. Witnesses shared conflicting accounts.from Perry, including the statement: “I might have to kill a few people on my way to work they are rioting outside my apartment complex.
He even strategized with a friend about what constituted a “good shot” and his search history showed he had looked for protest locations around the city. In the end, the jury deliberated for two days and found Perry guilty of murder but not aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Upon hearing the unanimous verdict, family
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