Month: September 2023

Save Will Speer

Save Will Speer

Dear Friends, We need your help. Will you join the campaign to #SaveWillSpeer, the first Inmate Coordinator for Texas’s Faith Based Program ? Will Speer is one of the original members of a voluntary, immersive Christian program for people incarcerated on Texas death row. Will has studied Christianity and recommitted his life to God. He was baptized on […]

The Power of Stories to Change the World

The Power of Stories to Change the World

Dear Friends: At Texas Defender Service, we believe in the power of stories to change the world. Since 2018 alone, TDS has used storytelling to save 41 lives. Coming into September, we have important news: Two more of our clients have received life instead of death sentences. We want to share the story of Joseph Tejeda, our […]

You’re Invited to Our 2023 Light of Justice Luncheon!

You’re Invited to Our 2023 Light of Justice Luncheon!

Dear Friends, Please join us for Texas Defender Service’s 2023 Light of Justice Luncheon, featuring Pulitzer-Prize winner James Forman Jr. as our keynote speaker and honoring Hogan Lovells. Sponsorships and tickets are on sale now! Our deadline for program recognition is coming up on Friday, September 15! The luncheon, co-chaired by Christopher D. Porter of Quinn Emanuel and Robert H. […]