Opinion: The War on Drugs Got It Wrong
When I was arrested for my first drug offense, I was 19 years old. The War on Drugs told elected officials that Black people like me were the villains of Read more »
Pretrial & Defense
Travis County District Attorney candidates talk about the war on drugs
Grassroots Leadership, Texas Criminal Justice Coalition and Texas Harm Reduction Alliance held a forum Sunday to Read more »
Off death row and on a mission: Graves to tout criminal justice reform Oct. 7
Anthony Graves was wrongly convicted of murder at 26 years old. He spent the next 18 years on death row, appealing that conviction until his exoneration and release from prison in Read more »
Where and how to register to vote in Texas
The red-white-and-blue signs advertising Houston City Council and mayoral runs are everywhere in Houston as the November election date fast approaches. But when was the last time you saw someone Read more »
Harris County D.A. Seeks Execution of Intellectually Disabled Man, Lawyer Says
Within the last 12 months, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg’s office has sought execution dates for Dexter Johnson, despite evidence of his intellectual disability. Though the district court set Read more »
The False Promise of Bail Reform in Dallas County: Debate Continues While People Languish in Jail
For five days, 47-year-old Shannon Daves sat in solitary confinement in a Dallas County jail because she couldn’t afford to pay $500 bail. Daves, who is unemployed and Read more »
Radack accuses public defender of helping lawyers in bail lawsuit against county
Commissioners Court on Tuesday will discuss the fate of Harris County’s chief public defender amid allegations that he improperly used his office to help plaintiffs in a bail reform lawsuit Read more »
Cash Bail Yields a New Casualty
On July 21, Debora Ann Lyons walked into a Walmart in Houston and headed to the deli counter. There, she stuffed food into a beach bag and proceeded to the Read more »
How ‘End Mass Incarceration’ Became a Slogan for D.A. Candidates
The Dallas County district attorney, Faith Johnson, often reminds voters that she recently won a rare murder conviction against a white police officer who shot into a car full of Read more »
Tough-on-crime prosecutors distort truth, block prison reform
While the criminal justice reform movement gains momentum across the country, Arizona remains on the outside looking in. Even as more conservative states with a tradition of harsh justice reduce Read more »
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