Texas court to hear appeal from woman sentenced to prison for voting while ineligible

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Texas’ highest criminal appeals court said Wednesday it would hear an appeal from a Texas woman who was sentenced to five years in prison for voting while inadvertently ineligible in 2016.

The case has attracted national attention because of the severity of the sentence and the woman, Crystal Mason, said she did not know she was ineligible to vote at the time.

Many saw the severe sentence as an obvious effort to intimidate Black voters. The case also comes amid an aggressive effort by Texas prosecutors, including attorney general Ken Paxton, to prosecute even election crimes.

Mason was serving on supervised release – which is similar to probation – for a federal felony conviction at the time, and Texas prohibits people with felony convictions from voting until they have completed their sentences entirely.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-court-hear-appeal-woman-144140539.html

[jimfields33]

1. The sentence is ridiculous

But why doesn’t the board of probation send a list of people finished and in process to the board of election? This would have resulted in the entire scenario going away. In process can’t vote yet, but soon will be able too. If anything, election reform needs something like this implemented.