Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday sent a letter urging a Dallas judge to free a woman he sent to jail a day earlier after she refused to apologize for keeping her hair salon open in violation of Gov. DALLAS SALON OWNER WHO REOPENED DESPITE CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS GETS 7 DAYS IN JAIL"As a mother, Ms. Luther wanted to feed her children," Paxton said in his letter. Her sentence reportedly was meant to reflect the seven days she kept her salon open in violation of the governor's order, but on Wednesday the governor sided with Luther. "I join the Attorney General in disagreeing with the excessive action by the Dallas Judge, putting Shelley Luther in jail for seven days," Abbott said. Patrick tweeted: "7 days in jail, no bail and a $7K fine is outrageous.

Source: Fox News May 06, 2020 17:53 UTC