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11. Sadly, 8 years of this hanging over her head caused the damage the GOP intended.
Fri Mar 29, 2024, 12:03 AM
Mar 29

She spent 8 years in expensive litigation, her life was turned upside-down, and African American voters were intimidated.

Why in the heck did it take EIGHT years to resolve this???? riversedge Mar 28 #1
Because the intent was to intimidate black voters. Even without putting her in jail, the intimidation worked FSogol Mar 28 #3
K&R n/t FSogol Mar 28 #2
Awesome news! n/t iluvtennis Mar 28 #4
I knew, before checking, this will be a woman of color. Yup. lindysalsagal Mar 28 #5
"A trial that lasted just a few hours." For a misunderstanding. 5 years in prison. dgauss Mar 28 #6
She's lucky that she didn't incite an insurrection, instead Orrex Mar 28 #7
I have always taken the position angrychair Mar 29 #10
Now throw the judge that convicted her in jail. progressoid Mar 28 #8
Not in the mood to be lenient catrose Mar 29 #18
Good. LoisB Mar 28 #9
Sadly, 8 years of this hanging over her head caused the damage the GOP intended. SunSeeker Mar 29 #11
Better late than never, I guess. SergeStorms Mar 29 #12
I'll almost guarantee that that lizard-eyed f*cknozzle Ken Paxton... LowerManhattanite Mar 29 #13
This is good news. But Oh My, we have such a long way to go yet. They still hold most of the cards in Texas. Ford_Prefect Mar 29 #14
All the cards DiverDave Mar 29 #20
She was shamefully treated by Texas GOP officials, but I'm so thankful she was finally acquitted! summer_in_TX Mar 29 #15
Thank goodness! SleeplessinSoCal Mar 29 #16
This is great news LetMyPeopleVote Mar 29 #17
Justice for Crystal at long last long overdue, I just mentioned her today MagickMuffin Mar 29 #19
Meanwhile poor Brian Pritchard in georgia has to pay $5400 for illegal voting as a felon lostnfound Mar 29 #21
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