Month: July 2023

Dear Supporters: After years of vigorous advocacy by Texas Defender Service and a pro bono team from O’Melveny & Myers LLP, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has ruled that our client Steven Long is constitutionally exempt from the death penalty because of his intellectual disability.  Steven Long’s is one of the 39 lives we have […]

Dear Supporters,  Yesterday our client, Ronald Burgos-Aviles, faced the prospect of the death penalty. Our team poured thousands of hours into Ronald’s case to tell the story of his life and why it was unjust for the State of Texas to kill him. The jury deliberated until midnight.  In the end, all twelve jurors decided that […]