Category: TDS News

A Year of Reflection and Evolution

A Year of Reflection and Evolution

Dear Supporters, For Texas Defender Service, 2022 has been a year of reflection and evolution. With your input and encouragement, we have determined that now is the time for us to expand our mission to fight for the end of mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the Lone Star State. Together with you, we will […]

Grasping at Grace on Death Row

Grasping at Grace on Death Row

Dear Supporters, So many of you raised your voices to help us halt Ramiro Gonzales’s execution earlier this year. That’s why I wanted to make sure you saw this beautiful article in the New York Times about Ramiro from December 9, 2022. As physician Rachael Bedard writes, “We all are worthy of living, and even though the state […]

Thank You to Everyone Who Supported our Light of Justice Luncheon!

Thank You to Everyone Who Supported our Light of Justice Luncheon!

Dear Supporters, Thank you to everyone who joined us at our inspiring and energizing 2022 Light of Justice Luncheon on October 13th. Those of us in the room were from many walks of life: business leaders and community organizers, public defenders and seasoned law-firm partners, doctors and law professors, people directly impacted by incarceration and people […]

Nayeli Moreno’s Journey to Serving People Affected by the Criminal-Legal System

Nayeli Moreno’s Journey to Serving People Affected by the Criminal-Legal System

Dear Friends: This week is the last chance to register for our October 13 Light of Justice Luncheon featuring Reginald Dwayne Betts and Commissioner Rodney Ellis! For more information and to register, please sign up by this Friday. We would love to see you there! Today I am writing to you with exciting news. Texas […]