cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/9685932
Texas Governor Pardons and Frees Far-Right Gunman Who Killed Garret Foster Who was Pushing Girlfriend’s Wheelchair at a Black Lives Matter Protest
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/9685932
Texas Governor Pardons and Frees Far-Right Gunman Who Killed Garret Foster Who was Pushing Girlfriend’s Wheelchair at a Black Lives Matter Protest
Isn’t it scaring you how you guys have no real justice in the US if anyone with a bit of power can just override it?
Yeah, it’s fucking terrifying.
I don’t know if this makes it more or less scary but the idea of Perry being able to just pardon anyone isn’t actually factual. A Texas governor can refer a pardon, but a board still has to approve it.
Quick source: https://law.justia.com/constitution/texas/sections/cn000400-001100.html#:~:text=(b) In all criminal cases,such rules as the Legislature