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Texas Observer
Candice Bernd

Travis County DA Garza to Defend Daniel Perry Conviction at Parole Board

Originally published by Truthout.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to pardon former U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Perry, who was unanimously convicted by a Travis County jury this month for the 2020 murder of racial justice protester Garrett Foster, may already be backfiring, according to internal emails Truthout obtained from the Travis County District Attorney’s office.

According to an April 17 email from Travis County District Attorney José Garza to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles General Counsel Bettie Wells, the parole board has agreed to allow the DA to present evidence related to Perry’s ongoing criminal case to Wells and Board Chair David Gutiérrez.

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