WITNESS LIST
Corrections Committee
April 17, 2013 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
On:
Owens, Rissoe (Tx board of pardons and paroles)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Leete, Travis (The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Against:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
For:
Dunklee, Caitlin (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Against:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
For:
Deitch, Michele (Self)
Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
On:
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Carreon, Jennifer (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Eigler, Cindy (Self; Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy)
Johnson, Lauren (Self)
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care For Children)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america if texas)
Vitris, Michael (Texas Appleseed)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Allen, Ray (Texas Probation Association)
On:
Bittner, Marc (Self; 33rd and 424th Judicial District Juvenile Probation Department)
Bray, Brett (TJJD)
For:
Dufour, Doots (Diocese of austin)
Meyer, Julie (ACLU of TX)
On:
Thaler, Rick (TDCJ)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)
Elzner, Robert (Self)
Erschabek, Jennifer (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)
Johnson, Lauren (Self)
Leete, Travis (The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Against:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
On:
Casanova, Veronica (Windham School District)
For:
Eigler, Cindy (Self; Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy)
Hansch, Greg (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Scott, Christopher (Self; House of Renewed Hope)
On:
Thaler, Rick (TDCJ)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allen, Ray (Texas Probation Association)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)
Carreon, Jennifer (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Elzner, Robert (Self)
Erschabek, Jennifer (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)
Johnson, Lauren (Self)
Leete, Travis (The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)
Pintchovski, Susan (Self)
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care For Children)
Shaney, Sarah (Self; Sending Solidarity)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america if texas)
Against:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriff's Association of Texas)
For:
Dufour, Doots (Diocese of austin)
On:
Johnson, Kameron (Self; Juvenile Public Defender)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)
Eigler, Cindy (Self; Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy)
Johnson, Lauren (Self)
Magnuson, Benet (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care For Children)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america if texas)
Vitris, Michael (Texas Appleseed)
Against:
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
On:
Allen, Ray (Texas Probation Association)
Bray, Brett (TJJD)
For:
Dreymala, James (Self)
Drummond, Linda (Self)
Dufour, Doots (Diocese of austin)
Kahan, Andy (Victim advocate city of houston)
Wilson, Michelle (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Clark, Mark (Houston Police Officers' Union)
Dreymala, Elaine (Self)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)
For:
Deitch, Michele (Self)
Meurer, W. Jeanne (Self; Travis County Juvenile Probatiom)
Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Magnuson, Benet (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care For Children)
On:
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Eigler, Cindy (Self; Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Coelho, Leonardo (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
For:
Corson, Michelle (Champion impact capital)
Hammond, Bill (Texas association of business)
Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
On:
McGinty, Jerry (Tex Department of Criminal Justice)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Hunt, Laura (Self)
Rosenbusch, Robert (Self; RemoteCOM)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Wardian, G B (Self)
On:
Jenkins, Stuart (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)
Welebob, Carey (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)
For:
Dunklee, Caitlin (Self)
Against:
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Renaud, Jorge (Texas criminal justice coalition)
For:
Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Tavakkoli, Amir (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Johnson, Lauren (Self)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
On:
Thaler, Rick (TDCJ)
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Shaw, Riley (Self; Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carreon, Jennifer (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Johnson, Lauren (Self)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care For Children)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Vitris, Michael (Texas Appleseed)
Against:
Chadwick, Ashley (Frreedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
For:
Renaud, Jorge (Texas criminal justice coalition)
On:
Thaler, Rick (TDCJ)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Erschabek, Jennifer (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)
Johnson, Lauren (Self)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
For:
Deitch, Michele (Self)
Meurer, W. Jeanne (Self; Travis County Juvenile Probatiom)
Meurer, W. Jeanne (Self)
Shaw, Riley (Self; Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allen, Ray (Texas Probation Association)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Carreon, Jennifer (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care For Children)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Vitris, Michael (Texas Appleseed)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
For:
Shaw, Riley (Self; Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Magnuson, Benet (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
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