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Read Texas Defender Service's newest report:
Minimizing Risk: A Blueprint for Death Penalty Reform in Texas
Deadly Speculation: Misleading Texas Capital Juries with False Predictions of Future Dangerousness
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
Introduction and Executive Summary
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
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