Prosecutor drops all charges against Pamela Moses, jailed over voting error

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15. Great News, Next up Crystal Mason seeks illegal voting conviction to be overturned

This happened in Fort Worth, Texas.

under new Texas election law.

Attorneys for the Tarrant County woman filed briefs with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals that points to a provision under the controversial election law Senate Bill 1 they believe will undo her conviction.

Mason, 46, was sentenced to five years in prison for attempting to cast a ballot in 2016′s presidential election. At the time, Mason was on supervised release from a federal tax fraud conviction and was prohibited from voting in Texas. Her lawyers with the American Civil Liberties Union this week filed a brief with the Texas Court of Criminal of Appeals citing the state’s new election law that took effect earlier this month in asking for her conviction to be overturned.

Tucked within SB 1 that was passed by the Texas Legislature in this year’s second special session is a section erasing criminal penalties for felons who attempt to vote without knowing that they were committing a crime. That portion of the law came about with Mason’s conviction in mind. “SB 1 is a repudiation of Ms. Mason’s conviction and five-year sentence of incarceration,” the brief states.

Mason’s case has been spotlighted nationally for the severity of the sentence and the appearance of inequitable treatment of a black woman who has told the court she did not know she was breaking the law when she cast a provisional ballot.

Let's hope Crystal gets her day in court to overturn her conviction.