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WITNESS LIST
Criminal Justice
March 31, 2009 - 01:30 PM or upon adjournment
SB  116
 
FOR:
 
Allison, Bill   Clinical Professor of Law  (Texas Center for Actual Innocence),  Austin, TX
 
Bohls, Carol   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Colfax, Edwin   State Projects Director  (The Justice Project),  Austin, TX
 
Gauldin, Michael   Retired Police Chief  (Burlington Police, North Carolina; also Chief Justice Actual),  Ruffin, NC
 
Henson, Scott   Policy Director  (Innocence Project of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Kregg, Jason   Staff Attorney  (The Innocence Project),  New York, NY
 
Roland, Liz   (Self),  Pflugerville, TX
 
Waller, James   (Innocence Project of Texas),  Dallas, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Dieter, Alison   Texas Moratorium Network  (Board Member),  Austin, TX
 
Hall, Steve   Director  (The Stand Down Texas Project),  Austin, TX
 
Keilen, Andrea   Director  (Texas Defender Service),  Austin, TX
 
Marzullo, Amanda   Policy Analyst  (Texas Fair Defense Project),  Austin, TX
 
Simpson, Matthew   Policy Strategist  (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Against:
 
Clark, Mark   Executive Director  (Houston Police Officers' Union),  Houston, TX
 
On:
 
Houghton, Scot   Captain  (Texas Department of Public Safety),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
For:
 
Suprenant, Erica   Texas Criminal Justice Coalition  (Research Associate),  Austin, TX
SB  117
 
FOR:
 
Allison, Bill   Clinical Professor of Law  (Texas Center for Actual Innocence),  Austin, TX
 
Blackburn, Jeff   Chief Counsel  (Innocence Project of Texas),  Lubbock, TX
 
Chavez, Marc   Assistant District Attorney  (Lubbock County District Attorney's Office),  Lubbock, TX
 
Colfax, Edwin   State Program Director  (The Justice Project),  Austin, TX
 
Gauldin, Michael   Retired Police Chief  (Burlington Police, North Carolina; also Chief Justice Actual),  Ruffin, NC
 
Lindsey, Johnnie   (Self),  Dallas, TX
 
Moon, Brandon   (Innocence Project),  Olathe, KS
 
Session, Cory   (Timothy Cole, brother),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Smith, Billy   (Innocence Project of Texas),  Lancaster, TX
 
Ware, Michael   Assistant District Attorney Dallas County  (Dallas County District Attorney),  Fort Worth, TX
 
ON:
 
Hampton, Keith   Legislative Director  (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Dieter, Alison   Texas Moratorium Network  (Board Member),  Austin, TX
 
Hall, Steve   Director  (The Stand Down Texas Project),  Austin, TX
 
Henson, Scott   Policy Director  (Innocence Project of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Jones, James   Captain  (Houston Police Department),  Houston, TX
 
Keilen, Andrea   Director  (Texas Defender Service),  Austin, TX
 
Marzullo, Amanda   Policy Analyst  (Texas Fair Defense Project),  Austin, TX
 
Simpson, Matthew   Policy Strategist  (American Civil Liberties Union),  Austin, TX
 
Against:
 
Clark, Mark   Executive Director  (Houston Police Officers' Union),  Houston, TX
 
On:
 
Edmonds, Shannon   (Texas District And County Attorneys Association),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
For:
 
Suprenant, Erica   Texas Criminal Justice Coalition  (Research Associate),  Austin, TX
SB  1206
 
ON:
 
Owens, Rissie   Presiding Officer  (Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Dieter, Alison   Texas Moratorium Network  (Board Member),  Austin, TX
 
Simpson, Matthew   Policy Strategist  (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Davila, Yolanda   Policy Analyst  (Legislative Budget Board),  Austin, TX
 
Wells, Bettie   General Counsel  (Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles),  Austin, TX
SB  1681
 
FOR:
 
Colfax, Edwin   State Projects Director  (The Justice Project),  Austin, TX
 
Henson, Scott   Policy Director  (Innocence Project of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Simpson, Matthew   Policy Strategist  (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Dieter, Alison   Texas Moratorium Network  (Board Member),  Austin, TX
 
Marzullo, Amanda   Policy Analyst  (Texas Fair Defense Project),  Austin, TX
 
Suprenant, Erica   Texas Criminal Justice Coalition  (Research Associate),  Austin, TX
SB  1847
 
FOR:
 
Lindsey, Johnnie   (Self),  Dallas, TX
 
Page, Jaimie   Assistant Professor; Director of the Exoneree Project  (University of Texas at Arlington),  Arlington, TX
 
Turner, Keith   (Innocence Project of Texas),  Dallas, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Colfax, Edwin   State Projects Director  (The Justice Project),  Austin, TX
 
Dieter, Alison   Texas Moratorium Network  (Board Member),  Austin, TX
 
Hinckson, Andrea   Director of Policy  (Mental Health America of Greater Houston),  Houston, TX
 
Simpson, Matthew   Policy Strategist  (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Suprenant, Erica   Texas Criminal Justice Coalition  (Research Associate),  Austin, TX
 
Wadge, Gyl   Public Policy Director  (Mental Health America of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Moon, Brandon   (Self),  Olathe, KS
SB  1848
 
FOR:
 
Chatman, Charles   (Self),  Carrollton, TX
 
Graham, A. Clay   Attorney; Consultant  (University of Texas at Arlington; Exoneree Project),  Garland, TX
 
Karage, Entre Nax   (Innocence Project of Texas),  Richardson, TX
 
Taylor, Ronald   (Self),  Huntsville, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Colfax, Edwin   State Projects Director  (The Justice Project),  Austin, TX
 
Dieter, Alison   Texas Moratorium Network  (Board Member),  Austin, TX
 
Hinkson, Andrea   Director of Policy  (Mental Health America of Greater Houston),  Houston, TX
 
Simpson, Matthew   Policy Strategist  (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Suprenant, Erica   Texas Criminal Justice Coalition  (Research Associate),  Austin, TX
 
Wadge, Gyl   Public Policy Director  (Mental Health America of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Ware, Michael   Assistant District Attorney Dallas County  (Dallas County District Attorney),  Fort Worth, TX
SB  1864
 
FOR:
 
Kregg, Jason   Staff Attorney  (The Innocence Project),  New York, NY
 
Robinson, Anthony   (Innocence Project of Texas; Texas Southern University),  Houston, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Dieter, Allison   Texas Moratorium Network  (Board Member),  Austin, TX
 
Henson, Scott   Policy Director  (Innocence Project of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Marzullo, Amanda   Policy Analyst  (Texas Fair Defense Project),  Austin, TX
 
Simpson, Matthew   Policy Strategist  (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Johnson, Pat   Director, Crime Lab  (Texas Department of Public Safety, Crime Laboratories),  Austin, TX
SB  1916
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Colfax, Edwin   State Projects Director  (The Justice Project),  Austin, TX
 
Dieter, Alison   Texas Moratorium Network  (Board Member),  Austin, TX
 
Simpson, Matthew   Policy Strategist  (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Suprenant, Erica   Texas Criminal Justice Coalition  (Research Associate),  Austin, TX
 
Ware, Michael   Assistant District Attorney Dallas County  (Dallas County District Attorney),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Against:
 
Sterling, Ed   Director Member Services  (Texas Press Association),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Beaty, Lois   Manager  (Texas Department of Public Safety),  Austin, TX
 
Heimlich, Ed   Executive Director  (Informed Citizens),  Houston, TX
 
Reynolds, Carl   Director  (Office of Court Administration),  Austin, TX
SB  1948
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Dieter, Alison   Texas Moratorium Network  (Board Member),  Austin, TX
SB  1976
 
FOR:
 
Blackburn, Jeff   Chief Counsel  (Innocence Project of Texas),  Lubbock, TX
 
Heimlich, Ed   Executive Director  (Informed Citizens),  Houston, TX
 
Henson, Scott   Policy Director  (Innocence Project of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Moon, Brandon   Exoneree  (Innocence Project of Texas),  Olathe, TX
 
Udashen, Gary   (Innocence Project of Texas),  Dallas, TX
 
Ware, Michael   Assistant District Attorney Dallas County  (Dallas County District Attorney),  Fort Worth, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Nichols, Denise   Assistant District Attorney  (Harris County District Attorney's Office),  Houston, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Colfax, Edwin   State Projects Director  (The Justice Project),  Austin, TX
 
Dieter, Alison   Texas Moratorium Network  (Board Member),  Austin, TX
 
Giles, James   (Innocence Project of Texas),  Lufkin, TX
 
Marzullo, Amanda   Policy Analyst  (Texas Fair Defense Project),  Austin, TX
 
Simpson, Matthew   Policy Strategist  (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Suprenant, Erica   Texas Criminal Justice Coalition  (Research Associate),  Austin, TX
 
Waller, James   (Innocence Project of Texas),  Dallas, TX
 
Against:
 
Chavez, Marc   Assistant District Attorney  (Lubbock County District Attorney's Office),  Lubbock, TX