Death by Design: The Death Penalty in Harris County, Texas w/Jessica Brand

Today, Hunter sat down with Jessica Brand, the found of the Wren Collective, to discuss their recent report about the death penalty in Harris County, Texas. For decades, Harris County used the death penalty more than anywhere in the world, but unlike many places, it did not use full time public defenders for these cases. Instead, they used court appointed counsel, and the results of that representation model have been stunningly bad.

 

Guests:

Jessica Brand, Founder, Wren Collective

 

Resources:

Contact the Wren Collective

https://www.wrencollective.org/contact-3

Death by Design Part 1

https://www.wrencollective.org/_files/ugd/8fe8f0_fd475c291d07486188088f0d5c2ffa33.pdf

Death By Design Part 2

https://www.wrencollective.org/_files/ugd/8fe8f0_cd056b2be4634f3e9410053388c79bfe.pdf

 

 

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