In key hearing, state Sen. Drew Springer misstates major provision of the bill he...
began to question the basics of what it actually said — and the author of the most current version of the legislation, Republican state senator Drew Springer of North Texas, failed to clear up the confusion.
That means he cannot apply for parole until he’s served at least 40 years in prison, under current law. “That’s correct,” responded Springer, who authored the Senate version of the bill and sponsored the version in the House. "It's astonishing, like wow, how did this happen?” said Edwin Debrow, who has been working with Robinson and others to push for the bill’s passage for years. He said he watched the 11-minute committee hearing at least three times. “This could have been cleared up in five minutes. Why it was not, I don’t know.”
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