A Texas prosecutor said on Tuesday that he would seek to have a court overturn Gov.
Greg Abbott’s pardon of a man convicted of fatally shooting a Black Lives Matter protester in Austin in the summer of 2020.
The Republican governor’s pardon last month of the man, Daniel S. Perry, who had argued that he was acting in self-defense against an armed protester, was cheered by conservatives as a recognition of the state’s “stand your ground” protections.
But it was also met with outrage by the protester’s family, civil rights groups and José Garza, the Travis County district attorney whose office had secured the conviction.
On Tuesday, Mr. Garza, a Democrat, said he would petition the state’s highest criminal appeals court to overturn the pardon on the grounds that the governor had violated the constitutional separation of powers doctrine by intervening with a court’s actions.
Persons:
Greg Abbott’s, Republican governor’s, Daniel S, Perry, José Garza, Garza
Organizations:
Gov, Republican
Locations:
Texas, Austin, Travis County