Judge denies new trial for Texas woman sentenced to five years for illegal voting
BY MITCH MITCHELL
mitchmitchell@star-telegram.com
June 11, 2018 05:50 PM
Updated June 11, 2018 06:57 PM
FORT WORTH - The same judge who originally sentenced her to five years prison for casting an illegal ballot while being a felon under supervision has denied Crystal Mason's motion for a new trial.
Mason, of Rendon south of Fort Worth, was convicted on March 28 and sentenced to a five-year prison stint by State District Judge Ruben Gonzalez.
Gonzalez denied her petition late Monday in a 16-page ruling.
Since her conviction, Mason has been at the center of controversial arguments about the existence of white privilege and voter suppression efforts, with more than 38,000 signatures on a petition to have all charges against her dropped, numerous news stories and editorials and a deluge of social media posts in support of and against the sentence imposed in her case.
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