From the bottom all the way to the top, Republican thugs got each others’ backs in Texas.

Can you say witness tampering and withholding exculpatory evidence?

Sure, I can state boilerplate defense counsel pablum. There's a list as long as my arm of grounds that can always be declared for a mistrial. What's the evidence any of it actually happened here?

Take it up on appeal, counselor. Or, in this case, go crying to Daddy Governor and circumvent justice because you're on the same political team.

The case's lead detective, who maintains Perry acted in self-defense, is considered the "best" in the city of Austin, according to Patrick, who also reiterated claims that Garza instructed the detective to remove any exculpatory slides from his 158-slide presentation of evidence from the case.

"He says he believes that the evidence he [the detective] would've presented to the grand jury would have possibly led to them not even indicting [Perry]," Patrick said.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/soros-da-army-veteran-murder-conviction-witness-tampering-withholding-evidence

You’ll never have a trial where you can’t point at *some* facts in favor of the Defendant. If there is literally no argument available, if guilt is a dead certainty, then the case doesn’t get tried. It gets pled out.

Reasonable minds can differ about aspects of this case, about which facts are most significant, etc. But what supporters of this soon-to-be-pardoned murderer have to contend with is that, after a full and fair trial, 12 reasonable minds *did not* differ. They all voted unanimously in favor of conviction.

I wasn’t there in the courtroom, I didn’t see the trial from beginning to end, and neither did you or anyone else in these comments.

But the fact that a conviction for murder is being overturned so rapidly, without even any appeal, before the sentencing has even happened, is highly unusual, and strongly suggests political (not legal) considerations are motivating the Governor.

Think about all the time spent on this — by attorneys, witnesses, by the victim’s family, by the judge, and of course the jurors. And the Governor’s just going to wave a pen to nullify all of that, after giving this Friday verdict barely one weekend of thought?

Oh , those Democrats

The motherf**ker pointed a gun at Perry and Perry killed him in self defense. The Soros funded and backed DA brought the charges and the trial was a forgone conclusion. It’s Austin… their motto is”Keep Austin Wierd”.
No, it’s true, look it up

The man was convicted. A jury heard every piece of evidence that might establish his guilt, every defense that might establish innocence -- and after deliberating about it, unanimously decided the man was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Relevant to the above:

--"Perry’s social media posts about retaliating against protesters raised questions about the shooter’s state of mind and his self-defense claim.

--"The 'stand your ground' law prohibits an individual from arguing self-defense if they provoked a threat from someone else. Witnesses said that Perry seemed to drive threateningly into the crowd before shots were fired, and his actions seemed intentional."

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/07/daniel-perry-austin-protest-garrett-foster/

This verdict came down only last Friday. For a Governor or President to use his pardoning or commutation power for a conviction of *murder*, before the Defendant has even served a day of his sentence, heck before he's even *been* sentenced, before the ink is barely dry on the jury's verdict form, is highly unusual.

It's murder. Murder is bad. Why not let the shooter mull it over behind bars for at least 3-5 years?

That's what Perry claimed.
Numerous witnesses stated Pery pointed the gun first.

Some places still have a wild-west mentality about them.

I has read about that, back in the late 80s/early 90s, how the FBI views the West as still the Wild West in terms of crime, that there was more per capita than in more densely populated areas.
One reason is because of the general attitude and those attracted to living in area like that, folks never having become quite civilized.
Another is the spread. People can kill someone and bury them in wide swaths of terrain few venture into. Plus call the police, and it being a 20 minute ride means there won't be much of a crime in progress to get to, or even find the remains of. You can't throw someone in jail for murder because their mop is wet.