After a series of investigative reports revealed serious problems with the quality of legal representation for indigent defendants on Texas death row, lawmakers created the Office of Capital Writs. California lawyer Brad Levenson will be moving to Texas to open the new office and attempt to restore some confidence in the state’s busy system of capital punishment.
Brandi Grissom
Brandi Grissom worked at the Tribune from its launch in 2009 until 2014, rising to the rank of managing editor. In addition to editing duties, Grissom led the Tribune's coverage of criminal justice issues. During her tenure at the Tribune, she was chosen as a 2012 City University of New York Center on Media, Crime and Justice/H.F. Guggenheim Journalism Fellow and was a fellow at the 2012 Journalist Law School at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. Grissom, along with Tribune multimedia producer Justin Dehn, received a 2012 regional Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative reporting for work on the case of Megan Winfrey, who was acquitted of murder in February 2013 after the Trib’s coverage brought statewide attention the case. Grissom joined the Tribune after four years at the El Paso Times, where she acted as a one-woman Capitol bureau. Grissom won the Associated Press Managing Editors First-Place Award in 2007 for using the Freedom of Information Act to report stories on a variety of government programs and entities, and the ACLU of Texas named her legislative reporter of the year in 2007 for her immigration reporting. She previously served as managing editor at The Daily Texan and has worked for the Alliance Times-Herald, the Taylor Daily Press, the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung and The Associated Press. A native of Alliance, Neb., she has a degree in history from the University of Texas.
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Brad Levenson, newly hired director of the soon-to-be-opened Texas Office of Capital Writs
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Brad Levenson, newly hired director of the soon-to-be-opened Texas Office of Capital Writs
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Brad Levenson, newly hired director of the soon-to-be-opened Texas Office of Capital Writs
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Brad Levenson, newly hired director of the soon-to-be-opened Texas Office of Capital Writs
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Brad Levenson, newly hired director of the soon-to-be-opened Texas Office of Capital Writs
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Brad Levenson, newly hired director of the soon-to-be-opened Texas Office of Capital Writs
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Brad Levenson, newly hired director of the soon-to-be-opened Texas Office of Capital Writs
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Brad Levenson, newly hired director of the soon-to-be-opened Office of Capital Writs.
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Brad Levenson, newly hired director of the soon-to-be-opened Texas Office of Capital Writs



