We thank every person who has shared her or his story with the Texas After Violence Project, and through us, with all of you to increase our collective understanding of the causes and effects of serious violence and human rights violations; criminal investigation and legal processes; incarceration; and executions.
We recommend that you listen in community.
Narratives of family members, friends, and colleagues of people who have died in acts of violence
Ms. Tammy Anderson, mother of Anthony Fuentes, Houston, Harris County
Mr. Ireland Beazley, father of Mr. Napoleon Beazley, Grapeland, Houston County, events take place also in Smith County and in Walker County
Mr. Jamaal Beazley, brother of Mr. Napoleon Beazley, Huntsville, Walker County; events also take place in Houston County, and Smith County
Mr. Douglas M. Becker, cousin of Jerry Walker, Bexar County and Travis County (& see also lawyers' narratives)
Captain Arthur Cárdenas, colleague of Deputy Keith Ruíz, Travis County Sheriff's Department, Travis County
Ms. Burnett Clay and Ms. Helen Phillips, Mother and Aunt of Keith Clay, friends of Johnny Johnson, Harris County
Ms. Tina Duroy, sister of Mr. James Colburn, Conroe, Montgomery County
Ms. Lee Greenwood, mother of Mr. Joseph Nichols, Houston, Harris County
Ms. Donna Hogan, mother of LeDuke Woodard, Houston, Harris County
Major Darren Long, friend and colleague of Deputy Keith Ruíz, Travis County Sheriff's Department, Travis County
Ms. Iliana López, friend of Brandon Shank, San Antonio, Bexar County
Ms. Ruth Marín-Eason, mother of Raúl Marín, Spring, Harris County; San Antonio, Bexar County
Ms. Carolyn Mosley, original transcript in English, mother of Ortralla Mosley, Austin, Travis County
Traducción de la entrevista con la Sra. Carolyn Mosley, madre de Otralla Mosley
Ms. Joanna Vaughn, friend of Johnny Johnson, Travis County
Deputy Roger Wade, friend and colleague of Deputy Keith Ruíz, Travis County Sheriff's Department, Travis County
Ex-Cons Speak
Mr. Jorge Antonio Renaud, poet and author of Behind the Walls: A Guide for Families and Friends of Texas Prison Inmates (University of North Texas, 2002), Travis County
Mr. Ray Hill, queer ex-con human rights advocate, 30-year host of The Prison Show, Harris County
Law enforcement
Captain Arthur Cárdenas, colleague of Deputy Keith Ruíz, Travis County Sheriff's Department, Travis County
Major Darren Long, friend and colleague of Deputy Keith Ruíz, Travis County Sheriff's Department, Travis County
Dr. William Petty, Austin Police Department, Travis County
Deputy Roger Wade, friend and colleague of Deputy Keith Ruíz, Travis County Sheriff's Department, Travis County
Warden Jim Willett, a 30-year employee of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice who began working at the Walls Unit in Huntsville, in 1971. Willett was the warden at the Walls/Huntsville Unit from May 1998 to his 2001 retirement, during which time he supervised eighty-nine (89) executions, Walker County
Clergy, spiritual advisors, and religious leaders
Ms. Burnett Clay and Ms. Helen Phillips, ministers; also Mother and Aunt of Keith Clay, friends of Johnny Johnson, Harris County
Brother Richard P. Daly, CSC, St. Edward's University, former director of the Texas Catholic Conference, Travis County
Bishop Leroy Theodore Matthiesen, late Bishop Emeritus of Roman Catholic Diocese of Amarillo (numerous segments, two of which are posted at present), Potter County, Randall County
Father Joe Lawless, St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Corpus Christi, Nueces County
Jurors' experiences
Sean McMurrey, juror in a capital murder trial, Travis County
Lawyers' narratives
Mr. Scott Atlas, Houston, Harris County
Mr. Douglas M. Becker, former Assistant Attorney General, Austin, Travis County
Mr. Larry Daves, civil rights lawyer in Colorado, formerly of West Texas, East Texas, and San Antonio; includes Angelina, Bexar,Jasper, Nacogdoches, and Smith Counties
Mr. Cappy Eads, former District Attorney, Bell County
Mr. Vic Feazell, Austin, Travis County, former McLennan County District Attorney, Travis County
Mr. Andrew Forsythe, Austin, Travis County, Travis County
Mr. Roy Greenwood, lawyer, Austin, Travis County, Travis County
Mr. Leon Grizzard, lawyer, Austin, Travis County, Travis County
Mr. Christopher Gunter, lawyer, Austin, Travis County, Travis County
Mr. Steve Hall, formerly with the Texas Attorney General's Office, director of StandDown Texas, Austin, Travis County
Mr. James C. Harrington, Director, Texas Civil Rights Project (published online but not yet transcribed), Travis County
Ms. Linda Icenhauer-Ramírez, Austin, Travis County
Mr. James Lohman, lawyer who has represented Death Row inmates in Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, and Texas, Travis County
Mr. Scott Medlock, prisoners' rights lawyer with the Texas Civil Rights Project, Austin, Travis County
Mr. Sam Millsap, former Bexar County District Attorney, San Antonio, Bexar County (to be published online but not yet transcribed)
Mr. Mark Pryor, Assistant District Attorney, Travis County
Ms. Katherine Scardino, criminal defense attorney who has handled about forty capital murder cases including fourteen jury trials
Ms. Joyce Smith, currently with the Texas Education Agency (TEA), formerly a hearing officer with the Texas Youth Commission, Travis County, (library use or library loan only for non-commercial educational use)
Scholars & educators
Professor Roger Barnes, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Bexar County
Professor Dennis Longmire, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Walker County
Photographers' narratives & media witnesses to executions
Mr. John Holbrook, Private Investigator and photographer, Benbrook, Tarrant County
Ms. Jenna Jackson, reporter witness to execution (library use or library loan only for non-commercial educational use)
Mr. Alan Pogue, Texas Center for Documentary Photography, Austin, Travis County
Narratives of criminal justice or death penalty activists not already listed in another category
Ms. Christy Armell, activist with the New Mexico Campaign to End the Death Penalty (C.E.D.P.)
Mr. David Atwood, Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Houston, Harris County (two segments)
Ms. Kristin Houle, Executive Director, Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Austin, Travis County
Ms. Marjorie Loehlin, anti-death penalty activist, Travis County, (library use or library loan only for non-commercial educational use)
Ms. Gloria Rubac, activist, Houston, Harris County
Mr. Bob Van Steenburg, Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Austin, Travis County (online at the Human Rights Documentation Initiative (HRDI) but not yet transcribed; also, there is a lag between the video and audio that we know we need to fix)
Mr. Rudolph Williams, Jr., a community activist in Austin working to eliminate law enforcement excessive use of force (police abuse), Travis County, Harris County
Narratives about education as a human right
Mr. Larry Daves, a civil rights lawyer, discusses Plyler v. Doe, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1982 that all children in the U.S., regardless of immigration status, are entitled to a free public education. Mr. Daves filed a lawsuit, originally styled Doe v. Plyler, on behalf of undocumented immigrant children and their parents in Tyler, Texas, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Judge William Wayne Justice presiding (see video 3), Smith County.
Professor Al Kauffman, of St. Mary's Law School, former attorney for Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), discusses Edgewood v. Kirby, a lawsuit in which plaintiffs challenged the state system of school finane as unconstitutional under the Texas Constitution. Mr. Kauffman represented the plaintiffs. Bexar County
Ms. María Elena Martínez, shaman, healer, and arts advocate, former chair of La Raza Unida Party in Texas, later a bilingual education teacher and director of bilingual education in the Austin Independent School District, on bilingual education, Austin, Travis County
Judge F. Scott McCown, Executive Director of the Center for Public Policy Priorities, former state district judge in Travis County, Texas, discusses Edgewood v. Kirby, a lawsuit in which plaintiffs challenged the state system of school finance as unconstitutional under the Texas Constitution. Judge McCown presided over this case during part of its long history.
Mr. Rogelio Nuñez, director of Proyecto Libertad in Harlingen and founder of the Narciso Martínez Cultural Arts Center in San Benito, discusses the school that he and graduate school colleagues created for undocumented immigrant children in Austin during the period when Texas law prevented school districts from accepting these children except on a tuition-paying basis, Cameron County
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