Texas board withdraws posthumous pardon recommendation for George Floyd's 2004 drug conviction over 'procedural errors,' days before Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to announce his decision on annual pardons
Daily Mail
December 23, 2021
A Texas board on Thursday withdrew its recommendation to pardon George Floyd over a 2004 drug conviction, days before Governor Greg Abbott was expected to announce his list of annual holiday pardons.
In February 2004, Floyd was arrested in Houston by officer Gerald Goines for selling $10 worth of crack in a police sting, and later pleaded guilty to a drug charge and served 10 months in prison.
The Texas Board of Pardon and Paroles had unanimously supported a posthumous pardon for Floyd but is now saying 'procedural errors' were found in its recommendation.
The unusual reversal was announced by Abbott's office two days before Christmas, around the time he typically doles out his annual pardons.
He is known to pardon a handful of citizens - typically for minor offenses committed years ago - every Christmas as part of a holiday tradition. However, he has yet to announce his decision.
Floyd's name was withdrawn along with two dozen other clemency recommendations that had been submitted by the board.
In a letter dated December 16 but not released publicly until now, the board told Abbott that it had identified 'unexplained departures' from its process of issuing pardons and needed to reconsider more than a third of the 67 clemency recommendations it sent to Abbott this year, including the one for Floyd.
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I hope Gov. Abbott does not pardon George Floyd.
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