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07-12-2022, 04:47 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (TND) — The founder of a Black Lives Matter chapter in Memphis, Tennessee has been sentenced to six years and one day in prison for illegally registering to vote in 2019.
Pamela Moses, 44, committed the voting offense while on probation, according to the Shelby County District Attorney's office. Moses has 16 prior criminal convictions.
Woman Sentenced in Illegal Voting Sign-Up
A Memphis woman convicted in November of illegally registering to vote in 2019 was sentenced to six years and one day in prison Monday, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.
On April 29, 2015, Moses pled guilty to two felonies, tampering with evidence and forgery, the DA's office says. Moses also pled guilty to misdemeanor counts of perjury, stalking, theft under $500 and escape. The 44-year-old was placed on probation for seven years.
Those convictions come from Moses stalking and harassing a Shelby County judge, according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal. Moses also reportedly impersonated an attorney and a notary public while attempting to file a complaint against the same judge.
Due to those felony convictions, Moses lost her rights of citizenship, which includes her right to vote. The DA's office says she is permanently deemed ineligible to register to vote in Tennessee due to her tampering with evidence conviction.
On Sept. 3, 2019, Moses evidently filed a certificate of restoration and application for voter registration with the Shelby County Election Commission.
The DA's office says, in doing so, she falsely asserted she was eligible to vote and her probation sentence had expired, which was not true.
Moses reportedly claimed no one had explained her 2015 guilty plea would mean she would lose her voting rights.
Pamela Moses was convicted of voter fraud in Tennessee and sentenced to six years in prison, even though officials who signed off on her being eligible to vote acknowledged that they made an error in saying her rights had been restored.
"They never mentioned anything about voting," she said to The Guardian. "They never mentioned anything about not voting, being able to vote none of that."
Moses' attorney, Bede Anyanwu, reportedly says his client will appeal her sentencing.
"She believes the sentencing was beyond the evidence that was presented," Anyanwu told The Washington Post.
Pamela Moses, 44, committed the voting offense while on probation, according to the Shelby County District Attorney's office. Moses has 16 prior criminal convictions.
Woman Sentenced in Illegal Voting Sign-Up
A Memphis woman convicted in November of illegally registering to vote in 2019 was sentenced to six years and one day in prison Monday, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.
On April 29, 2015, Moses pled guilty to two felonies, tampering with evidence and forgery, the DA's office says. Moses also pled guilty to misdemeanor counts of perjury, stalking, theft under $500 and escape. The 44-year-old was placed on probation for seven years.
Those convictions come from Moses stalking and harassing a Shelby County judge, according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal. Moses also reportedly impersonated an attorney and a notary public while attempting to file a complaint against the same judge.
Due to those felony convictions, Moses lost her rights of citizenship, which includes her right to vote. The DA's office says she is permanently deemed ineligible to register to vote in Tennessee due to her tampering with evidence conviction.
On Sept. 3, 2019, Moses evidently filed a certificate of restoration and application for voter registration with the Shelby County Election Commission.
The DA's office says, in doing so, she falsely asserted she was eligible to vote and her probation sentence had expired, which was not true.
Moses reportedly claimed no one had explained her 2015 guilty plea would mean she would lose her voting rights.
Pamela Moses was convicted of voter fraud in Tennessee and sentenced to six years in prison, even though officials who signed off on her being eligible to vote acknowledged that they made an error in saying her rights had been restored.
"They never mentioned anything about voting," she said to The Guardian. "They never mentioned anything about not voting, being able to vote none of that."
Moses' attorney, Bede Anyanwu, reportedly says his client will appeal her sentencing.
"She believes the sentencing was beyond the evidence that was presented," Anyanwu told The Washington Post.