The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has sent the case of a Black woman convicted of illegal voting back for review. Crystal Mason faces 5 years in prison for submitting a provisional ballot that was never counted.
- On May 11 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals sent the case of a Black woman who was convicted in State court of illegal voting back to a lower court for further evaluation..
The decision by the high court comes after the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, the ACLU, the Texas Civil Rights Project, and several criminal defense attorneys asked for a review of Mason's previous conviction.
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