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IStock/PeopleImages(NEW YORK) -- A request to grant George Floyd a full posthumous pardon is headed to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's desk after a public defender alleged Floyd was framed in a 2004 drug bust by a former Houston police detective now indicted on murder charges. In a letter sent Monday to Floyd's one-time public defender Allison Mathis, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles wrote it has "completed their consideration of your client's application requesting a Full Pardon and have voted to recommend clemency." The board forwarded its recommendation to Abbott for...

A public defender claims that the officer who arrested Floyd in 2004 fabricated evidence in the case.

A request to give George Floyd a posthumous pardon is on its way to the Texas governor once a public defender claimed Floyd was framed.

The ultimate decision on whether to grant Floyd clemency rests with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

Parole board asks Texas governor to pardon George Floyd, writing he was 'set up' in drug bust