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The Justice Project Texas gives a voice to the voiceless by elevating the stories of federal prisoners and calling attention to the injustices within their case. Join the cause today and get your voice heard on our global platform.
The Justice Project Texas's mission is not to facilitate clemency on behalf of a prisoner, but rather to help them capture the attention of a criminal justice advocate who can do just that. Learn more about the clemency process here.
Jul 23, 2024 · The Justice Project is currently focusing its state-level criminal justice reform work on four campaigns: Georgia, Illinois, Tennessee and Texas. Click on the state icons below to find out more about the work we are doing in that state: Other States.
We’ve expanded the Texas section of our website and highlighted our work. We’ve also collaborated with The Tennessee Justice Project in Nashville on a new website with unique resources related to our work to improve indigent defense and prevent wrongful convictions in Tennessee.
- In Search of Accountability
- In Search of Transparency
- In Search of Impartiality
Lack of accountability could thwart Wilson’s lawsuit before it starts. No matter how strong her case, courts routinely toss complaints against prosecutors without allowing plaintiffs like Wilson to present evidence. A judge-made doctrine known as “prosecutorial immunity” makes people like Petty nearly untouchable no matter how gross their constitut...
Closely associated with accountability is the constitutional promise of transparency. Citizens cannot hold the government accountable if they don’t know what the government is doing. In the criminal justice realm, this means no secrets from defense attorneys and no backroom arrangements with the judge. Court officials also must disclose conflicts o...
The third prong of due process is impartiality. Accountability and transparency correct most types of bias, but policymakers sometimes allow conflicts of interest to fester in the open. A recent Institute for Justice casein Indiana provides a particularly troubling example. The state not only allows counties to hire private practice attorneys to pr...
- Daryl James
Older Posts. Check out the current cases listed on our platform here. For full clemency brief’s and petitions please check out individual cases and why we support them.
Our mission is to give federal prisoners serving an unjust sentence a platform to tell their stories to garner the support of legal advocates who can facilitate a Clemency grant.
