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Texas' high court throws out challenge to Gov. Abbott's pardon of Daniel Perry

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The Travis County district attorney argued Gov. Greg Abbott overstepped in pardoning Perry, who fatally shot a Black Lives Matter demonstrator in 2020.

Daniel Perry, center, and his attorney Doug O’Connell walk out of the courtroom during jury deliberations in his trial in the shooting death of Garrett Foster.Earlier this month, Travis County District Attorney José Garza challenged the governor's pardon of the former Army sergeant, who was convicted of murdering a demonstrator in a July 2020 protest in downtown Austin.

Foster's mother, Sheila, said this month that Perry's killing of her son was"premeditated" and that the pardon could set a precedent for politically motivated pardons.

 

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