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Advocating for the Unseen and the Unheard
Dear Supporters, At Texas Defender Service, we advocate for the humanity of the unseen and the unheard. Our team does this work with incredible grace, kindness, and dedication to those they serve. As...
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Bringing a Human Perspective to the Game
Dear Supporters, As we enter the winter season and embark on this time of reflection and thanks-giving, I wanted to share a video about our team at Texas Defender Service. These are the people who...
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Convicted of Crimes Committed by Another
Dear Supporters, Michael Highfill The promise of the American legal system is that people will be held accountable for their own actions. In Texas, we fail to follow through on that promise. Under...
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Save the Date for TDS’s 2024 Light of Justice Luncheon Featuring Nana Kwame...
Dear Friends, Dear Friends,Please save the date for Texas Defender Service’s 2024 Light of Justice Luncheon, featuring New York Times bestselling novelist Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. Our Light of...
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What We Mean By “Texas Tough”
Dear Supporters, Let me tell you what we mean by “Texas Tough.” In Texas, it is legal for a jury to sentence a person to death even if he or she did not kill anyone. This is what we call the Law of...
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Our New Report on Extreme Racial Disparities in Harris County’s Use of the...
Dear Supporters, My name is Estelle Hebron-Jones, and I am the Director of Special Projects at Texas Defender Service, a role that I stepped into in December of last year after five years as an...
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The Fight to End Life Without Parole for Texas Children
Dear Supporters, We wanted to share the news that our client Eric Johnson has been resentenced. When he was a child, Eric received an unconstitutional sentence of mandatory juvenile life without...
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It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way
Dear Supporters, In Texas, people can be convicted of murder and sentenced to death for crimes committed by other people. That’s possible under Texas’s incredibly harsh Law of Parties. As we explained...
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Invisible Wounds
Dear Supporters, We are grateful to share the news that our client Stewart Mettz has been spared the death penalty. The prosecutor agreed to drop the death penalty, and Stewart has been sentenced to...
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BREAKING: Justice Sotomayor Dissents from Dillion Compton’s Cert Denial
Dear Supporters, We are disappointed that justice has been denied for our client Dillion Compton. Today, the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari review for Mr. Compton, despite the fact that the...
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