Let's see Abbott give him a pardon...
Army sergeant who killed a Black Lives Matter protester in Texas sentenced to 25 years in prison
A US Army sergeant who was convicted of murdering a protester at a Black Lives Matter rally in 2020 was sentenced to 25 years in prison Wednesday morning – even as Texas’ governor pushes to pardon him.
Daniel Perry, 35, faced between five and 99 years in prison for fatally shooting 28-year-old Garrett Foster at an Austin, Texas, racial justice rally following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Perry and Foster are White.
Prior to issuing the sentence, District Court Judge Clifford A. Brown praised the jury for grappling with the nuances and complexities of the case over several weeks.
“The hard work, the service and the sacrifice of this jury deserves our honor and it deserves to be respected,” he said.
Perry, wearing a black and gray striped jail uniform, put his head in his hands and cried after the verdict.
In court Tuesday, Perry’s defense team asked for a sentence of 10 years, citing his lack of criminal history, his psychological issues, including complex post-traumatic stress disorder, and praise from several of his military colleagues.
The prosecution requested a sentence of at least 25 years in prison, highlighting a stream of racist and inflammatory social media posts Perry wrote prior to the shooting. Prosecutors also said the defense’s own analysis of his mental disorders and mindset showed he was a “loaded gun ready to go off.”
The sentencing comes nearly three years after Perry killed Foster, an Air Force veteran, in a case that has touched on fraught political issues of gun rights, self-defense and Black Lives Matter protests.
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The length of the sentence may ultimately be moot. Shortly after his conviction last month, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, said he wanted to pardon Perry and issued an unusual request for the state Board of Pardons and Paroles to expedite a review of the case before a sentence was handed down.
“Texas has one of the strongest ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws of self-defense that cannot be nullified by a jury or a progressive District Attorney,” the governor said in a statement on Twitter.
The governor can only pardon Perry if the Board of Pardons and Paroles recommends it, according to Texas law.
The board said at the time it was opening an investigation immediately and will report to the governor with recommendations once complete. The board said Tuesday the investigation is ongoing and declined further comment.
http://www.cnn.com/2023/05/10/us/daniel-perry-texas-sentencing-wednesday/index.html
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