Crystal Mason, Tarrant County
A Texas county prosecutor is seeking to reinstate the conviction of Crystal Mason, a Black woman whose five-year sentence for voter fraud put the sweeping nature of Texas’ strict voting laws ...
A Texas appeals court recently overturned Mason’s five-year prison sentence for casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 election while on supervised release for federal tax evasion. Sign up for ...
Crystal Mason speaks to reporters outside the Tarrant County criminal courthouse in downtown Fort Worth on March 29, 2024. The day before, a Tarrant County-based appeals court threw out her ...
Crystal Mason thought she was performing her civic duty by filling out a provisional ballot in the 2016 election. She didn’t know it would land her a five-year prison sentence, upending her family ...
Tarrant County District Attorney Phil Sorrells wants Crystal Mason’s illegal voting conviction reinstated, his office has announced. Mason, a Tarrant County resident, was acquitted of an ...
Crystal Mason in Fort Worth on Sept. 9, 2019. (Leslie Boorhem-Stephenson For The Texas Tribune, Leslie Boorhem-Stephenson For The Texas Tribune) Sign up for the We the Texans newsletter to receive ...