AUSTIN — A state appellate court in Fort Worth, Texas, has acquitted Crystal Mason of an illegal voting conviction that would have required her to serve a five-year prison sentence. Judge Wade ...

"We should. We pay taxes... and that's what I believed. If I had a doubt in any way I wouldn't have done it," Mason said. In Texas, felons can't vote until they have completed their full sentence.

Mason said she did not realize her felony conviction made her ineligible to vote, and the Texas Second Court of Appeals ruled last month there was insufficient evidence to prove Mason knowingly ...

“After considering the dispositive issue remanded to us––whether the evidence was sufficient to support Crystal Mason’s conviction for illegal voting under the Texas Election Code––we ...

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Mason gained national attention after she was convicted for voting while ...

Crystal Mason, a Black woman in Texas who has drawn national headlines over the years after she was handed a five-year prison sentence for illegally casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 ...

Texas' highest criminal court on Wednesday ordered a lower court to take another look at the controversial case against Crystal Mason, a Texas woman who was convicted of voting illegally during ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ordered a lower court to review whether there was sufficient evidence to convict Crystal Mason. The court's majority determined that Texas election law requires ...