Austin Police wrote letter in support of convicted killer Daniel Perry's pardon
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Editorial: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's pardon of man who killed protester undermines trust in the justice system
The American criminal justice system is decidedly imperfect. But despite a history of unfair convictions and acquittals rooted in racism and social and financial inequity, it has long been respected above its counterparts in more authoritarian nations for at least aspiring to even-handed treatment of the accused. Its goal is to absolve the innocent and punish the guilty regardless of which party or person holds political power. Confidence in American democracy rests in part on belief in the...
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Why Greg Abbott pardoned a killer – Baptist News Global
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has once again injected himself into the headlines by pardoning a convicted murderer. A couple of months after George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis, spontaneous Black Lives Matter protests sprang up across the nation. Daniel Perry,