Justice in black and white: African American woman receives 70-year prison sentence for masterminding complex theft plot while white woman gets probation
In early 2020, Valeria Denise Johnson Tennon, from Conroe, Texas was sentenced to 70 years in prison after pleading guilty to orchestrating a theft scheme. Judge Patty Maginnis delivered Tennon’s conviction of first-degree aggregate theft in the 435th District Court. Additionally, Tennon was ordered to repay approximately $1.3 million to the affected payroll companies. The …