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A Texas Senate Hearing for Shanda Perkins

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"Perry appointee criticized as unqualified," is Jim Vertuno's AP report, via the Houston Chronicle.One of Gov. Rick Perry's nominees to the state Board of Pardons and Paroles is facing opposition from critics who say she has no criminal justice experience and is best known as a Republican campaigner and crusader against the sale of sex toys in Texas. Shanda Perkins, a retired banker from Burleson, was appointed by Perry in February to serve on the board that has the power to grant or revoke parole, and recommend when the governor should grant clemency or a pardon. If approved by the Senate, she would serve a term that expires in 2015. Opponents, including the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, say she is unqualified to serve on the board that sometimes makes life and death decisions...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 07, 2009 (boomark / email).