Texas Governor Greg Abbott also joined Attorney General Ken Paxton in calling for the jail sentence to be commuted.
Twelve Texas civil court judges rebuked Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday after he told Dallas Judge Eric Moyé to commute a seven-day jail sentence for Shelley Luther, owner of the North Texas business Salon À la Mode. Luther kept the salon open in violation of Governor Greg Abbott's executive order shuttering all non-essential businesses.
"The trial judge did not need to lock up Shelley Luther," Paxton continued."His order is a shameful abuse of judicial discretion, which seems like another political stunt in Dallas. He should release Ms. Luther immediately." "I join the Attorney General in disagreeing with the excessive action by the Dallas Judge, putting Shelley Luther in jail for seven days," Abbott said in a separate statement.
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