Alternate juror in the trial of a U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder calls Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's rush for a pardon “egregious overreach”
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Dowell, who said she has not previously supported the three-term governor politically, said she worried that Abbott wading into the case could cause other jurors to second-guess their decisions. She said the verdict was strictly based on evidence, following 17 hours of deliberation, and politics did not factor in.
The encounter leading up to the shooting began when Perry turned onto a street and into one of the demonstrations that swept the country after Minneapolis police killed of George Floyd. Dowell said her confidence in the verdict was based in part on testimony that Foster's gun was pointing up — close to his ear — moments before the shooting and that Foster was at least a foot away from Perry's car.
“I look forward to approving the Board's pardon as soon as it hits my desk,” Abbott tweeted Saturday.
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