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Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social |
Crystal Mason, a Texas woman who was sentenced to 5 years in prison after she tried to cast a provisional ballot in 2016, has been acquitted She has always maintained she had no idea she was ineligible and only tried because her mom urged her to
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Steve in BA 🧑🍳🌊🌊🌊🍸
@steveinba.bsky.social
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Everybody knows what horseshit that was, But here's what nobody talks about, the shear hell, and financial cost. Being acquitted can be a very hollow victory,, That's the system we fight
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D_Girl
@dgirl.bsky.social
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Woman goes to prison for voting
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Lidia Ferrari
@lidiaferrari.bsky.social
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About bloody time.
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Patrick Ogle
@paogle.bsky.social
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This is such a travesty...
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Lynne Fox
@slotrak.bsky.social
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Five years for an honest mistake in Texas, while Paxton gets a pass on egregious public corruption.
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Joshua Joy-Brindle
@joshuajoy.bsky.social
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Today, Brian Pritchard, a Georgia Republican Party official was found guilty of illegally voting nine (9) times and was sentenced to a $5,000 fine and a public reprimand.
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montymiff.bsky.social
@montymiff.bsky.social
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Oh wow! Great! I was just using her case as an example today! See below.
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There is no Dana only Zuul
@smudgiesmom.bsky.social
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HOORAY!
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Corbett
@corbettcummins.bsky.social
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Sue Sue Sue!
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Catherine the 🍓Redhead
@rapieress.bsky.social
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Is there any sort of GoFundMe for her?
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Minuit
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Legal system is fucked man. Can't imagine having 5 years or more of your life wasted over shit like this.
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Fabulous Abomination
@fababomination.bsky.social
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@cosmicjellyfish.bsky.social
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She suffered harsher consequences than Trump did for trying to overthrow the government.
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Mary E Losch
@maryelosch.bsky.social
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What a horrible injustice. Very grateful for this judgment.
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SimonJester007 🌊👥🌊🌊🗽 Beats❤️🔥
@simonjester007.bsky.social
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Finally 🤬
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Desz idk
@desz.bsky.social
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God! Finally, some good news today🙏🏽
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Paddyboy
@hodag1977.bsky.social
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How much time, if any, did she spend in prison?
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Library Lagomorph
@bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social
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Thank goodness for small favors
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Michael
@mikescopp.bsky.social
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About time
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Kodo and Sangha
@kodoandsangha.bsky.social
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At what cost? She was sentenced merely months after voting. She served her now wrongful sentence. Yes, she’s been acquitted but what about her kids? The family dynamic? Will the election staff be held accountable? She was imprisoned for their mistake.
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OP Peanut butter success
@rattmathkamp.bsky.social
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Thank God. If there were justice she could sue Texas for millions.
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@bjkeefe.bsky.social
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Just ... wow. So, we can expect that Republican who's gone viral for voting illegal nine times to spend 45 years in prison?
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quietbob
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who said she was ineligible to vote?
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Roger the Artless Dodger
@rogerthedodger.bsky.social
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Five years in prison for that? Seems absolutely bonkers...
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William Hintze
@williamhintze.bsky.social
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About time!
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MGTOW4Me
@lestersuggs.bsky.social
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Texas should give her $25M for her troubles.
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The chicken lady
@chickenlady.bsky.social
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The fact that Bannon still isn't behind bars, while she was was making me sick. Hope she sues for kajillions in damages
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Riley Casey
@erileykc.bsky.social
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Reconstruction should have lasted until every former confederate was dead
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Torr Leonard 🧵
@torrleonard.bsky.social
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Wait, why she throw her mom under the bus? 😂
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DrGeophysics
@drgeophysics.bsky.social
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Everyone deserves justice.
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Rowdy
@rrrowdy.bsky.social
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What the fuck did it take this long? I know the optics could be bad, but for fuck's sake, she should have been pardoned on Biden's first day in office and we should have some fucking election reform. Shit!
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Ron Reid
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Mens Rea, literally guilty mind, or intent, is considered to be a necessary component of guilt. If she was acquitted on review, I would love to see how they demonstrated intent or premeditation to commit voter fraud in the original case.
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@illimij.bsky.social
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I'm glad she was acquitted, but the very fact of her incarceration is example infinity of why we lose faith in America.
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Abby Koch
@abbykoch.bsky.social
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They took a lot of years away from her for an honest mistake. Even if she did it knowingly that’s messed up.
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Roxane
@roxane.bsky.social
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Also extremely dystopian is the fact that she was ineligible. It’s ridiculous. In Europe debate is about whether banning prisoners from voting breaches their human rights. The US really isn’t interested in democracy from its minority entrenching constitution to voter suppression.
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cheeseheadnate
@cheeseheadnate.bsky.social
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Ignorance is not a defense here.
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Chris
@phalanx1127.bsky.social
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Didn't Mark Meadows illegally vote twice in the same election in two different states? And what happened to him? NOTHING! She needs to be .ade whole and compensated for the harm done to her.
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Caleb Bryant Miller
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SBF gets 25 years for vaporizing billions in assets… you’re telling me accidentally voting is 1/5th as egregious? C’mon now.
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K. Sea-Lions
@caseylyons.bsky.social
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What a stupid country.
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Mark
@marksimploding.bsky.social
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Gift link: "A Georgia Republican official who pushed false claims that the 2020 election was “stolen” was found to have voted illegally nine times, a judge ruled this week." wapo.st/3PDFzZe
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Mark
@marksimploding.bsky.social
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Let me guess, she spent more time in prison than the other white guy who did it intentionally several times on parole?
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John Shirley
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justice moves slow as molasses in Texas, if it moves at all.
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