"I think they're using my dead child to make a political statement," said Garrett Foster's mother. The Foster Family is hanging on to hope that the decision could be overturned.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — In issuing a full pardon to a former Army sergeant convicted of murder in the shooting death of an armed Black Lives Matter protestor, Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pushed a limited executive power to its absolute limit to get a desired outcome in a politically charged case.