09-11-2019, 09:26 AM
And this is why you don't trust the government to execute people...
Texas mother Crystal Mason appeals five-year sentence for illegal voting
A Texas mother sentenced to five years in prison for voting illegally in the 2016 election appealed her conviction Tuesday, saying she did not know her status as a felon on release made her ineligible to cast a ballot.
Crystal Mason, an African-American mother of three, was on supervised release after serving time for tax fraud when she filled out a provisional ballot. She has said she did not know that as a convicted felon in Texas, she could not vote until the supervised release was complete.
Tuesday's half-hour hearing before a three-judge panel in Fort Worth focused largely on whether the provisional ballot that Mason cast actually constitutes a vote. A court representative told CNN there is no date set for a decision.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/10/us/texas-...index.html
No Jail Time for Hawaii Cop Who Repeatedly Raped 5-Year-Old
A plea deal with prosecutors will allow a former Hawaii police officer to serve probation rather than jail time for sexually assaulting a child.
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45-year-old Teddy O. Van Lerberghe has reached an agreement guaranteeing a five-year probation sentence with no jail term. He must register as a convicted sex offender for life.
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An Oahu grand jury indicted him in 2017 on seven counts of sexual assault against a 5-year-old girl beginning in 2004 and continuing until 2008.
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Van Lerberghe pleaded no contest to the seven felonies.
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Texas mother Crystal Mason appeals five-year sentence for illegal voting
A Texas mother sentenced to five years in prison for voting illegally in the 2016 election appealed her conviction Tuesday, saying she did not know her status as a felon on release made her ineligible to cast a ballot.
Crystal Mason, an African-American mother of three, was on supervised release after serving time for tax fraud when she filled out a provisional ballot. She has said she did not know that as a convicted felon in Texas, she could not vote until the supervised release was complete.
Tuesday's half-hour hearing before a three-judge panel in Fort Worth focused largely on whether the provisional ballot that Mason cast actually constitutes a vote. A court representative told CNN there is no date set for a decision.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/10/us/texas-...index.html
No Jail Time for Hawaii Cop Who Repeatedly Raped 5-Year-Old
A plea deal with prosecutors will allow a former Hawaii police officer to serve probation rather than jail time for sexually assaulting a child.
 Â
45-year-old Teddy O. Van Lerberghe has reached an agreement guaranteeing a five-year probation sentence with no jail term. He must register as a convicted sex offender for life.
 Â
An Oahu grand jury indicted him in 2017 on seven counts of sexual assault against a 5-year-old girl beginning in 2004 and continuing until 2008.
 Â
Van Lerberghe pleaded no contest to the seven felonies.
[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)][color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)]https://www.kitv.com/story/40554773/ex-h...x-assaults[/color][/color]