The Shelby County District Attorney’s are dropping all criminal charges against #PamelaMoses, the Memphis woman sentenced to six years in prison for trying to register to vote.
Moses was convicted in last year for submitting a document in 2019 that indicated that she was eligible to vote. A probation officer had filled out and signed a form stating that she was done with probation for a 2015 felony conviction and was finally eligible to cast a ballot.
The probation officer later admitted that he had made a mistake and Moses said that she didn’t know that she was ineligible to vote. However, prosecutors believes that she knew she was ineligible and accused her of deceiving the PO.
Back in February, it was found that the district attorney’s office failed to provide Moses’s defense with a key piece evidence so she was granted a new trial. The DA offered her a deal to plead guilty to a misdemeanor with no jail time which Moses declined and asked for a jury trial. Now, they have moved to drop all charges against her, but she will remain banned from voting due to a felony conviction in 2015.
DA Amy Weirch’s office issued the following statement Friday:
“Our original offer to the defendant Pamela Moses was a guilty plea to a misdemeanor and no time to serve. She rejected that offer and asked for a jury trial. At the conclusion of the week-long trial, the jury convicted her on the felony charge of false entry on permanent voter registration.
She was taken into custody and spent 75 days in jail before Judge Ward granted her motion for new trial. In total, she has spent 82 days in custody on this case, which is sufficient.
She is also permanently barred from registering to vote or voting in Tennessee as a result of her 2015 conviction for Tampering with Evidence. In the interest of judicial economy, we are dismissing her illegal registration case and her violation of probation.”
We are happy that Moses is getting a second chance, but these voting laws are insane! #BWLM💕
