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The Attorney General’s Sweeping Memo on the Death Penalty

The Attorney General’s Sweeping Memo on the Death Penalty

Dear Friends, Signed just hours after he returned to office, President Trump’s Executive Order to “restore” the death penalty demanded that the United States Attorney General try to overturn long-standing U.S. Supreme Court precedents that protect the constitutional rights of people facing a capital sentence. Then, just yesterday, the U.S. Attorney General issued a sweeping memo announcing their intentions […]

Advocating for a Second Chance

Advocating for a Second Chance

Dear Friends, In 2024, Texas Defender Service launched our Pro Bono Parole Program, which connects deserving candidates seeking parole with pro bono attorneys who can advocate for their release home.  In just a few months, four of our clients have already been granted parole. One of them is Christopher, a father of four who had been […]

Ramiro Gonzales, An Exemplar of Rehabilitation, Has Been Executed

Ramiro Gonzales, An Exemplar of Rehabilitation, Has Been Executed

Dear Friends, We are heartbroken to share that our client Ramiro Gonzales was killed last night by the State of Texas, after the United States Supreme Court denied his lawyers’ final plea for his life. Thank you to the thousands of you who spoke out for Ramiro’s humanity. We find comfort that his story of […]

Save Ramiro

Save Ramiro

Dear Friends, Please help save Ramiro Gonzales. Sign the petition calling on the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Governor Abbott to spare his life.  Ramiro Gonzales is set to be executed by the State of Texas on June 26, 2024, for a murder he committed just a few months after his 18th birthday. Today a […]

Join Us for an Essential Conversation on Race & the Death Penalty

Join Us for an Essential Conversation on Race & the Death Penalty

Dear Supporters, Please join us for an important conversation about race and the death penalty in Texas. On May 30th from 6:30-7:30 pm central time, Estelle Hebron-Jones, Texas Defender Service’s Director of Special Projects, will co-lead a Zoom discussion about the legacy of lynching and slavery in Texas and its impact on the modern death penalty. You […]

Join Us for Texas Defender Service’s 2024 Light of Justice Luncheon!

Join Us for Texas Defender Service’s 2024 Light of Justice Luncheon!

Dear Friends, Please join us for Texas Defender Service’s 2024 Light of Justice Luncheon, featuring New York Times bestselling novelist Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and co-chaired by Caitlin Halpern of Gibbs & Bruns LLP and Steve Putman of Black Stone Minerals, L.P. The luncheon will be held on October 22, 2024 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Houston, Texas and will honor Kirkland & […]