Perry Grants Eight Pardons
As is custom around the Christmas holidays, Gov. Rick Perry announced a list of pardons today. Here's the list:
- Maria Isabel Colmenares-Rodriguez, 58, of Pembroke Pines, Fla., was convicted of shoplifting in 1974 at the age of 21. She was sentenced to pay a $50 fine.
- Tommie Emerson Elder, 57, of Houston, was convicted of burglary of a motor vehicle in 1976 at the age of 22. He was sentenced to three years in jail, which was probated for three years.
- Beverly Troupe Enoch, 33, of Houston, was convicted of assault with bodily injury in 1996 at the age ...
Comments (7)
Dave Laczko via Texas Tribune on Facebook
It's gotta be some kind of record for him!
Billie Veach via Texas Tribune on Facebook
He does have a heart.Rape/. Murder I would look closer at the facts but kids being in the wrong side of town and with the wrong friends
and has learned better it is good for the families that love them.
Ahad Hayaud-Din via Texas Tribune on Facebook
His "gift" of a pardon has nothing to do with Christmas, just another media moment for the glory hound.
Stanley Moore via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Are those his newest contributors?
Marc Adler via Texas Tribune on Facebook
He's pardoning people who already served time and paid fines?
jpt51
Has anyone checked to see how much these folks or their relatives have contributed to Perry's campaigns? Nothing comes without cost in Perry's world.
Stanley Moore via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Clears their record.