“The trial court’s guilty verdict should be affirmed. Voting is a cornerstone of our democracy. This office will protect the ballot box from fraudsters who think our laws don’t apply to them,” Sorrells said in a statement. “The second court of appeals’ publication of its opinion creates the very real risk that future sufficiency cases will likewise be wrongly analyzed and decided.”
You can royally go fuck yourself Phil Sorrells. Your case has absolutely no bearing and you know that you fucking shyster.
Texas recently passed a law allowing for the removal of “rogue” prosecutors. It’s a bullshit law, but let’s see if they have the cojones to use it here.
the worst part is that she filed a provisional ballet, which basically says “I’m not sure I can vote, but this is my vote in case I can.” she was 100% upfront about it, and I’m pretty sure her vote was never counted anyways.
Though to be clear, policies that disenfranchise violate equal protections and the moral foundations of democracy from the start. Even if she had been 100% certain it was then illegal for her to vote, she did nothing wrong. Maybe did something illegal, but the law is what's wrong. If we had a legitimate court system, her case would be an easy opportunity to toss the bad law.
This seems to be the real issue. The goal is to suppress minority voters because if they all vote republican are done.
Cases of long prison terms amplify the other voter suppression efforts. Here’s a complex process, and if you make a mistake, you go to prison. That’ll keep many people from voting.
But the Tarrant county district attorney, Phil Sorrells, a Republican, announced on Thursday he was appealing to the Texas court of criminal appeals, the highest criminal court in Texas.
what could possibly be the motive behind such a terrible human beings actions? hmmmmm what could it be that makes a prosecutor lose all critical thinking.. hmmmm what could it be
dont get me started on the whole 'doont tread on me, thank the troops for protecting muh freedom' bullshit, but here lets take away peoples right to vote.
The motive is likely that the prosecutor eventually wants to run for office and will essentially use this on their campaign as being a typical tyrannical republican.
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