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Daniel Perry is sentenced to 25 years for killing an Austin protester. Gov. Greg Abbott has pledged to pardon him.

Perry’s case has become an explosive political stew of arguments over gun rights, self-defense and racist social media posts. The governor dived in early, saying he would pardon Perry even before a judge handed down the sentence.

Daniel Perry reacts after being sentenced to 25 years for the murder of Garrett Foster, at the Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center on Wednesday, May 10, 2023.

Whitney Mitchell is comforted by her mother, Patricia Kirven, after Daniel Perry was sentenced to 25 years for the murder of Mitchell's husband Garrett Foster, at the Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center on Wednesday, May 10, 2023.

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