The Texas Supreme Court has ordered a Dallas County judge to release a salon owner from jail, after she was incarcerated for violating the state’s lockdown orders. In sentencing her, Judge Eric Moye called her selfish for opening her business early and endangering others by so doing.
In an impassioned response to Moye, Shelley Luther said she wasn’t selfish — she was simply trying to feed her children. In a separate order Thursday, Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott issued an executive order forbidding jail time for violating coronavirus restrictions. Abbott made the order retroactive, making it applicable to two other Texans who had also been arrested and jailed for opening their businesses early.
SOURCES:
Fox News May 7, 2020
Reason May 6, 2020 (1:14 on the video)
KGNS.tv April 17, 2020