Hayden Sparks is a senior reporter for The Texan and a lifelong resident of the Lone Star State. He has coached competitive speech and debate and has been involved in politics since a young age. One of Hayden’s favorite quotes is by Sam Houston: “Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may.”
Travis County District Attorney José Garza and attorneys for Daniel Perry wrote letters to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles as the seven-member panel considers Gov. Greg Abbott’s request to recommend a pardon for Perry, who was convicted last week of first-degree murder.
After about 17 hours of deliberation, a Travis County jury convicted Perry of murdering Garrett Foster, an Air Force veteran protesting police brutality in downtown Austin with a group of other demonstrators in July 2020. Perry claimed he shot Foster in self-defense after Foster threatened him with an AK-style rifle. The jury found Perry not guilty on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Hayden Sparks is a senior reporter for The Texan and a lifelong resident of the Lone Star State. He has coached competitive speech and debate and has been involved in politics since a young age. One of Hayden’s favorite quotes is by Sam Houston: “Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may.”
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