A Texas county prosecutor is seeking to reinstate the conviction of Crystal Mason, a Black woman whose five-year sentence for voter fraud put the sweeping nature of Texas’ strict voting laws under heavy scrutiny. Phil Sorrells, Tarrant County’s criminal district attorney, said in a statement on Thursday that his office has asked the Texas Court […]
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Texas appeals court overturns Crystal Mason’s conviction, 5-year sentence for illegal voting
A Texas appeals court on Thursday overturned the illegal voting conviction of Crystal Mason, who was given a five-year prison sentence for casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 election while on supervised release for federal tax evasion. The decision by the Tarrant County-based Second Court of Appeals means she is formally acquitted of the […]