Nearly half of all Texans would repeal the constitutional promise of citizenship for anyone born on U.S. soil, and nearly two-thirds would favor Arizona-style laws allowing the police to ask about the immigration status of anyone they stop for any reason, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll.
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Age of Innocence
More than 120 college students worked 12,300 hours-plus on Innocence Project of Texas cases from 2007 to 2009, according to the Task Force on Indigent Defense. As student participation has increased, so have exonerations.
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Keller for the Defense
Judge Sharon Keller has been pilloried as the villain of the Texas criminal justice system, but supporters credit the chief of the state’s highest criminal court with working to ensure fair trials for impoverished defendants.
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Brad Levenson: The TT Interview
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.
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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
