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19 Dec 2019, 2:42 pm by Howard Bashman
“How Crystal Mason Became the Face of Voter Suppression in America”: Sue Halpern has this post online at The New Yorker. [read post]
28 Mar 2024, 6:53 pm by Rick Hasen
Great news from Sam Levine, who has been all over this story for years: A Texas appeals court has thrown out a five-year prison sentence for Crystal Mason, a Texas woman who was sentenced for trying to cast a… Continue reading The post “Crystal Mason: Texas woman sentenced to five years over voting error acquitted” appeared first on Election Law Blog. [read post]
20 Aug 2015, 5:21 pm by Whittel & Melton, LLC
The crash occurred just before 4 a.m. on north Citrus Avenue at W Tom Mason Drive. [read post]
11 May 2022, 8:19 am by Rick Hasen
Sam Levine: Breaking news: Texas' highest criminal court gives a major win to Crystal Mason, the Texas woman sentenced to five years in prison for casting a provisional vote in 2016. [read post]
29 Mar 2024, 7:35 am by Howard Bashman
“Texas appeals court overturns Crystal Mason’s conviction, 5-year sentence for illegal voting; Mason gained national attention after she was convicted for voting while under supervised release for felony tax fraud; She said she didn’t know she was ineligible to vote”: Karen Brooks Harper of The Texas Tribune has this report. [read post]
18 Jan 2022, 11:34 am by Eugene Volokh
As usual, Lat puts it very well in his "Original Jurisdiction" Substack newsletter (I've paid for a subscription, and highly recommend it): Last fall, [Chief Judge Pryor] was widely criticized for hiring an allegedly racist law clerk—specifically, Crystal Clanton, now a 3L at George Mason aka Scalia Law. [read post]
29 Jul 2019, 7:50 am by Howard Bashman
“Texas Made An Example Out Of Crystal Mason — For Trying To Vote: She’s appealing a five-year prison sentence and fighting to save her home, all so the state can prop up the myth of ‘voter fraud’; There are serious questions about the case against her. [read post]
4 Apr 2024, 10:49 am by Rick Hasen
Gregory Nolan NYT oped: When a Texas appeals court reversed itself last week and acquitted Crystal Mason, a mother of three, in a voting fraud case, it ended almost a decade in which Ms. [read post]
1 Oct 2018, 12:48 pm by [email protected]
Crystal Mason, a woman who tried to cast a ballot as a felon, was sentenced to five years in prison in late September. [read post]
1 Oct 2018, 12:48 pm by [email protected]
Crystal Mason, a woman who tried to cast a ballot as a felon, was sentenced to five years in prison in late September. [read post]
24 Feb 2024, 7:52 pm by Howard Bashman
“Third Scalia Law Graduate Since 2021 Selected as SCOTUS Clerk”: The George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School has issued a news release that begins, “The Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University has announced selection of a graduate as a U.S. [read post]
25 Apr 2024, 3:51 pm by Ned Foley
Sam Levine in the Guardian on the latest development in the Crystal Mason case: “A Texas prosecutor will appeal against a court ruling tossing out a five-year prison sentence for a woman who unintentionally tried to vote while ineligible in… Continue reading The post “Prosecutor to appeal against Texas woman’s acquittal over voting error” appeared first on Election Law Blog. [read post]
12 Mar 2019, 12:55 pm by John Floyd
  At the end of the day, Paul Manafort received a less severe sentence than Crystal Mason. [read post]
29 Aug 2018, 8:42 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
discussing felony disenfranchisement policies with Crystal Mason, a Texas woman sentenced to five years for mistakenly casting a provisional ballot while on parole. [read post]
9 Apr 2018, 8:15 am by [email protected]
However, in the case of Crystal Mason from Texas, a genuine mistake failed to avert a five-year prison sentence. [read post]