intentionally committed voter fraud they are vantage to probation. individuals like mrs. moses, like crystal mason out of texas, whose case was similarly troublesome in this way. like another person out of texas who was sentenced to prison because of a mistaken belief about his right to vote. it shows that there are two systems there, two criminal justice systems two sentencing systems when it comes to these issues. and you could not ask for a more stark contrast in our justice about in our country. in the case of miss moses in tennessee, she s a voting rights activist, she s been an advocate for the african american community, she s been a candidate for office, she s someone who shows up in public meetings and is a well-known figure and activist in memphis. i also took note of the fact that in this case, despite the
tennessee, she s a voting rights activist, she has been an advocate for the african american community, a candidate for office, somebody who shows up at public meetings and sort of a well known public figure activist in memphis, and i also took note of the fact that in this case, despite the facts of it, which as i just, as we have been talking about, the prosecutor in this case has been press releasing the heck out of this, in terms of the prosecution itself, the revocation of her bond, so that she has actually in jail, they held her through the holidays, in jail since december, awaiting sentencing for this terrible crime and then when the six-year sentence was handed down, the prosecutor has been crowing about this. with press releases as if this is something that deserves national attention in a positive way. i wonder if there is some element of this that we should see, not just in terms of its
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much. in texas, voting rights advocates say their worst fears are becoming reality, weeks ahead of the state s march 1st primary. thousandsjected and sent back t voters after sweeping changes to the texas election code. cnn s dianne gallagher live for us in houston with this story. this is sort of what was warned about coming true, dianne. reporter: there was testimony that predicted exactly this. texas is the first primary of the 2022 season. it is also one of the first tests of those sweeping restrictive voting law changes that were put into place across the country last year and if you re voting by mail, for some of those voters, texas is not making the grade. i have been a voting rights activist for a long time. i have registered voters in this county for 25 years. i m angry. i am i m righteously angry. reporter: after decades of helping others make a plan to
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