Daniel Perry pleaded self-defense in the death of a man demonstrating against police violence in 2020. Perry, 35, was convicted in March by a Travis County jury of murder in the shooting that killed Garrett Foster in downtown Austin in July 2020.
Greg Abbott has asked the Board of Pardons and Paroles to consider his case.. By Phil Helsel - NBC News A Texas Army sergeant who killed a protester nearly three years ago was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison, though the state's Republican governor, Greg Abbott, has vowed to pardon him.