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Audio Interview with new Director of Office of Capital Writs - Brad Levenson

By "Persian Cowboy"

The Texas Tribune's Brandi Grissom has an audio interview with Brad Levenson, a deputy federal public defender in California, who will lead the first ever Texas Office of Capital Writs starting Sept. 1. His new job will require him to represent Texas death row inmates who claim their trials were botched and that they were wrongly convicted. In one audio snippet, Levenson says he has a moral and ethical opposition to the death penalty and will work tirelessly to defend his clients on Texas death row.Visit the Texas Tribune to hear the audio recordings.From the Tribune:Texas lawmakers created the office in 2009 after a series of investigative reports and studies of the criminal justice system revealed serious problems with the quality of legal representation for indigent defendants on death row...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on July 08, 2010 (boomark / email).