A progressive Texas district attorney plans to file a request to reverse a pardon issued by Gov. Greg Abbott to a former Army soldier who shot and killed a Black Lives Matter protester during a demonstration in 2020. Travis County District Attorney José Garza said his office will file a writ of mandamus with the Court of Criminal Appeals to reverse the pardon for Daniel Perry.
Perry’s attorney, Doug O’Connell, told Fox 7 Austin that Garza's attempt to reverse the pardon was more 'political theater.' 'The pardon power of the executive branch is a well settled Constitutional authority,' he said. 'I’m skeptical that Ms. Taylor, who was recently sanctioned by a Travis County Court for violating the Michael Morton Act , will persuade the Court of Criminal Appeals with a novel theory challenging the Texas Constitution.
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