A posthumous pardon is possible after all, according to an opinion from Attorney General Greg Abbott's office. This clears the way for the possible post-death pardon of Tim Cole, who was exonerated of a sexual assault conviction in a Travis County court last year, but had died in prison many years prior.

The summary of the AG opinion is below, but the even quicker summary is this: A previous AG opinion said posthumous pardons could not be granted because the person wasn't alive to accept it. But more recent SCOTUS decisions have shifted, so the AG opinion concludes ...

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