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Shelley Luther, owner of Salon à la Mode, had declined to close her company.
The governor of Texas has actually modified his lockdown executive order to free a hair salon owner who was imprisoned after refusing to shut down her service.
Gov Greg Abbott’s order prohibits “confinement as a penalty” for breaking virus mitigation orders.
Shelley Luther, the owner of Beauty parlor à la Mode in Dallas, was jailed for contempt of court on Tuesday after she refused to apologise and pay a fine for remaining open in spite of official cautions.
Texas is nearing 1,000 Covid-19 deaths.
On Thursday, Gov Abbott said in a news release: “Throwing Texans in jail who have had their companies closed down through no fault of their own is nonsensical, and I will not allow it to take place.”
” That is why I am modifying my executive orders to guarantee confinement is not a penalty for breaking an order. This order is retroactive to April 2nd, supersedes regional orders and if correctly used need to release Shelley Luther.”
What else did the governor say?
He said his updated order should likewise led to the release of Ana Isabel Castro-Garcia and Brenda Stephanie Mata, who were detained in Laredo for presumably selling cosmetic services from their homes.
He included: “As some county j