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George Floyd’s murder, Harris County, Tex., public defender Allison Mathis submitted a posthumous pardon request in a Texas court. Floyd was convicted in February 2004 for selling $10 worth of drugs. He served 10 months in jail after pleading guilty. In the application, Mathis said the pardon filed because the arresting officer in Floyd's case "manufactured the existence of confidential informants to bolster his cases against innocent defendants." According to ABC News, Mathis claims that Gerald Goines, the arresting officer, also made up a confidential informant in Floyd’s case, and �...

A memorial and mural honoring George Floyd in Houston's Third Ward, photographed on June 8, 2020. Joe Raedle/Getty Mercy is best enjoyed by the living. The dead, as far as we know, can’t receive the tangible benefits that usually come with a pardon for a criminal act. They can’t get the restoration of their civil rights, such as the right to vote or to serve on a jury. They can’t collect money from the state that would allow them to rebuild their lives. But that doesn’t mean the deceased can’t be pardoned. Lenny Bruce received a posthumous pardon (for obscenity), and so did Oscar Wi...

UpdatedWed, Apr 28, 2021 at 6:45 pm ET Replies(12) A Texas public defender is seeking a posthumous pardon for George Floyd, whose death in 2020 with a Minneapolis police officer's knee on his neck galvanized racial justice and anti-police brutality activists around the country, on a 2004 drug conviction. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) HOUSTON, TX — A Texas public defender is seeking a posthumous pardon on behalf of George Floyd for a 2004 drug arrest made by an ex-Houston police officer who was since been indicted for murder and records tampering. Allison Mathis, with the Harris Co...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Pardon request submitted for George Floyd in 2004 Texas case A posthumous pardon request has been submitted to Texas officials on behalf of George Floyd for a 2004 drug arrest that was done by a now indicted ex-Houston police officer whose case history is under scrutiny following a deadly drug raid By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press April 27, 2021, 12:14 AM • 4 min read George Floyd’s loved ones treasure his memory: Part 11 “Daddy changed the world,” Floyd’s daughter, Gianna, said. Floyd’s sister an...

Pardon sought for George Floyd on drugs arrest by suspected corrupt officer charged with murder An application has been made to pardon George Floyd for a 2004 drugs conviction. © Other Gerald Goines was part of a Houston police narcotics unit Mr Floyd was arrested in Houston in February 2004 by Gerald Goines for selling $10-worth of crack in a police sting. After pleading guilty, Mr Floyd was jailed for 10 months. But Goines faces a series of criminal charges, including two for murder, after a drugs raid in 2019 which resulted in the deaths of Dennis Tuttle, 59, and his wife, Rhogena Nicho...