Promoting a fair and just criminal justice system in Texas

Read Texas Defender Service's newest report:

Minimizing Risk: A Blueprint for Death Penalty Reform in Texas

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Deadly Speculation: Misleading Texas Capital Juries with False Predictions of Future Dangerousness

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Lethal Indifference: The Fatal Combination of Incompetent Attorneys and Unaccountable Courts

• Acknowledgements, Table of Contents, and Preface
  
• Executive Summary
  
• Report: Main Chapters
  
• Appendices
  

A State of Denial:Texas Justice and the Death Penalty

• Chapter 1 - Brief Overview
  
• Chapter 2 - Official Misconduct
  
• Chapter 3 - Junk Science
  
• Chapter 4 - Race and the Death Penalty
  
• Chapter 5 - Mental Retardation
  
• Chapter 6 - Inadequacy of Counsel
  
• Chapter 7 - Sham Appeals
  
• Chapter 8 - Myth of Meaningful Review
  
• Chapter 9 - A Bitter Harvest