Abbott is such a POS.
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Plant more trees. Big, hearty oaks.
Daniel Perry should never feel safe in public again.
MURDERER, Daniel Perry.
Say it louder for the people in the back.
I think that's part of the problem with conservatives. They're already living in abject fear of everything.
They've been groomed into believing a civil war is imminent and their neighbors are the enemy, to the point where they've started making moves toward actual civil war with their neighbors.
They've been all been told: "There is the enemy, these are their flags, here is a gun, we can keep you out of jail."
All you have to do in Texas to get away with murder is claim at trial he pointed the gun at you first. It doesn't matter that the police have you on video saying the opposite, and only changed your story at trial. That the victim was trained in firearms and would have known to turn his safety off, and no round was chambered. That every witness said otherwise.
As long as you support Republicans that is
And make sure the victim is a minority or openly supporting minority rights.
Jury nullification by racists committing murder is bad enough. Governor pardons justifies political violence. These assholes are more blatant than the old Jim Crow days.
I didn’t know pardons could be reversed.
Zero chance. In Texas, decades of Republican control has corrupted the state courts, stacked supreme court (zero Democrats), who coincidentally never rule against their governor.
Voter's choice? I'm not convinced these types of proud facists (who've projected stolen elections and other lies for years) value free and fair elections. The good ol' boys know best.
Yeah, that's a thing in Texas?
Don't get me wrong, this guy is a piece of shit, and so is Abbot. I'm just surprised this is even an option.
Aren't the appeals board just a bunch of Abbott lackeys who recommended he pardon that murderer in the first place?
If they are, it might be the only avenue to pursue at this time. They wouldn't be able to just bring it before SCOTUS for example.
Not that i trust them to make a good ruling either. They are just as bought.
That may be, but court rules and procedure and law dictate where actions like that need to be filed.
How are pardons a thing. Seems incredibly ripe for abuse.
But they're often the only thing available to correct an injustice. Should civil rights pioneers not have been pardoned?
Most people would agree yes, they should be pardoned. I'm not against the idea of pardoning completely, just the idea of it being a single person questionable, since it seems a bit risky.
Someone could have a political opponent killed and then just pardon the assassin.
Doesn't seem like a sensible thing to have around.
Wait. Thats a good question. Is this possible?
I mean, trump pardoned war criminals. So I do not see why not (IANAL).
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60165389-by-hands-now-known
These are the "good ol days" they talk about. Keep voting for the party or just stay home. We will get back there soon enough.
I'm sad that tree didn't finish him off
I've got a bad feeling that a Governor's pardon doesn't have a legal avenue for being reversed. I hope I'm wrong, and IANAL, but I have a suspicion that even though this was absolute horseshit we're going to be stuck with it.
No justice, no peace. Guns everywhere. What could go wrong.
Does the term "deaf ears" not fall within the lexicon of law?