'It doesn't make me want to do my part as a citizen and be on a jury again because what's the point? It doesn't really matter,' said Jere Dowell.Dowell served a
Daniel Perry enters the courtroom at the Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday May 10, 2023. Perry was sentenced to 25 years for the murder of Garrett Foster during a Black Lives Matter protest in July 2020. "It doesn't make me want to do my part as a citizen and be on a jury again because what's the point? It doesn't really matter," said Jere Dowell.
Foster was at a Black Lives Matter protest when he encountered Perry who was working as an Uber driver in Austin part-time.Governor Greg Abbott issued a full pardon to Perry Thursday afternoon-- restoring his full rights as a citizen, including his ability to yet again bear arms."The evidence was overwhelming that it was not only a murderer but also premeditated it. He was a hammer looking for a nail," said Dowell.
Henson added, "This is another instance in which the governor is very willing, and interested in using the executive powers of the Governor in ways that stretch the conventional norms of the office."
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