WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
(Subcommittee on Capital Punishment)
March  19, 2009 - 8:00 AM
HB  111
 
    For:
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn.)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Acuna, Jazmin (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
 
 
Been, Steven  (Self)
 
 
Been, Terri  (Self)
 
 
Cobb, Scott (Texas Moratorium Network)
 
 
Foster, Lawrence  (Self)
 
 
Harrington, Galia  (Self)
 
 
Harrington, Margie  (Self)
 
 
Hughes, Lily  (Self and Campaign to End the Death Penalty)
 
 
Kugler, Eric (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
 
 
McCann, Bryan  (Self and Campaign to End the Death Penalty)
 
 
Uribe, Hector (Texas Hispanic Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn)
 
 
Vaughn, Joanna  (Self and Friends Meeting of Austin)
 
 
Zamora, Abel (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Edmonds, Shannon (TDCAA (Texas District & County Attorneys Assn.))
 
 
 
 
HB  298
 
    For:
Dieter, Alison  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Chavez, Marc (Lubbock County District Attorney's Office)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Been, Steven  (Self)
 
 
Been, Terri  (Self)
 
 
Eveline, Terrence  (Self)
 
 
Filler, Judith  (Self)
 
 
Hedayati, Aryan  (Self)
 
 
Hedayati, Hooman (Texas Students Against the Death Penalty)
 
 
Houle, Kristin (Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty)
 
 
Vaughn, Joanna  (Self and Friends Meeting of Austin)
 
 
Zamora, Abel (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County District Attorney Susan D. Reed)
 
 
Kugler, Eric (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
 
 
 
 
HB  304
 
    For:
Been, Steven  (Self)
 
 
Foster, Lawrence  (Self)
 
 
Foster Sr., Kenneth  (Self and Kenneth Foster Jr.)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Kugler, Eric (Harris County District Attorney Patricia Lykos)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Been, Gavin  (Self)
 
 
Been, Nick  (Self)
 
 
Been, Terri  (Self)
 
 
Bywater, Carissa  (Self)
 
 
Cobb, Scott (Texas Moratorium Network)
 
    For:
Dieter, Alison  (Self and Texas Moratorium Network)
 
 
Felps, Mary Ellen  (Self)
 
 
McCann, Bryan  (Self and Campaign to End the Death Penalty)
 
 
Meyer, Delia Perez  (Self and Texas Moratorium Network)
 
 
Rubac, Gloria (Carlos Santana - executed in March, 1993, under the law of parties.  I witnessed this execution. Carlos killed no one.)
 
 
Wilson, Crystal  (Self)
 
 
Wood, Danny  (Self)
 
 
Wood, Mitzie  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Rolater, John (John Roach, Collin County Criminal District Attorney)
 
 
 
 
HB  493
 
    For:
Ferrill, Shelley  (Self)
 
 
Kahan, Andy (Mayor's Crime Victims Office)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Been, Steven  (Self)
 
 
Been, Terri  (Self)
 
 
Chavez, Marc (Lubbock County District Attorney's Office)
 
 
Daniels, Katrina (Bexas County District Attorney Susan D. Reed)
 
 
Ferrill, John  (Self)
 
 
Ferrill, Mary Lou  (Self)
 
 
Kugler, Eric (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
 
 
 
 
HB  877
 
    For:
Dieter, Alison  (Self and League of Women Voters)
 
 
Hall, Steve (The Standdown Texas Project)
 
 
Millsap, Sam  (Self)
 
 
Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)
 
 
Paynter, Susan (Suzii) (Christian Life Commission)
 
 
Rivas, Andrew (Texas Catholic Conference)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Barrera, Jean-Jacques  (Self)
 
 
Been, Steven  (Self)
 
 
Been, Terri  (Self)
 
 
Cobb, Scott (Texas Moratorium Network)
 
 
Filler, Judith  (Self)
 
 
Harrington, Galia  (Self)
 
 
Harrington, Margie  (Self)
 
 
Hughes, Lily  (Self and Campaign to End the Death Penalty)
 
 
McCann, Bryan  (Self and Campaign to End the Death Penalty)
 
 
Morey, Frances  (Self)
 
 
Uribe, Hector (Texas Hispanic Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn)
 
 
Vaughn, Joanna  (Self and Friends Meeting of Austin)
 
 
Zamora, Abel (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  2058
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Acuna, Jazmin (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
 
 
Been, Steven  (Self)
 
 
Been, Terri  (Self)
 
 
Cobb, Scott (Texas Moratorium Network)
 
 
Dieter, Alison  (Self)
 
    For:
Filler, Judith  (Self)
 
 
Glick, Emily  (Self)
 
 
Gonzalez, David (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Ass'n)
 
 
Harrington, Galia  (Self)
 
 
Harrington, Margie  (Self)
 
 
Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)
 
 
Rivas, Andrew (Texas Catholic Conference)
 
 
Willyard, Jennifer (Texas Defender Service)
 
 
Zamora, Abel (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  2267
 
    For:
Been, Steven  (Self)
 
 
Been, Terri  (Self)
 
 
Bywater, Carissa  (Self)
 
 
Felps, Mary Ellen  (Self)
 
 
Foster, Lawrence  (Self)
 
 
Foster Sr., Kenneth  (Self)
 
 
McCann, Bryan (Campaign to End the Death Penalty)
 
 
Meyer, Delia Perez  (Self and Texas Moratorium Network)
 
 
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn.)
 
 
Rubac, Gloria (Carlos Santana)
 
 
Wilson, Crystal  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Kugler, Eric (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Barrera, Jean-Jacques  (Self)
 
 
Been, Gavin  (Self)
 
 
Been, Nick  (Self)
 
 
Cobb, Scott (Texas Moratorium Network)
 
 
Dieter, Alison  (Self and Texas Moratorium Network)
 
 
Filler, Judith  (Self)
 
 
Harrington, Galia  (Self)
 
 
Harrington, Margie  (Self)
 
 
Houle, Kristin (Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty)
 
 
Hughes, Lily  (Self and Campaign to End the Death Penalty)
 
 
Rivas, Andrew (Texas Catholic Conference)
 
 
Uribe, Hector (Texas Hispanic Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn)
 
 
Vaughn, Joanna  (Self and Friends Meeting of Austin)
 
 
Zamora, Abel (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Chavez, Marc (Lubbock County District Attorney's Office)
 
 
Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County District Attorney Susan D. Reed)
 
 
 
 
HJR 24
 
    For:
Hall, Steve (The Standdown Texas Project)
 
 
Millsap, Sam  (Self)
 
 
Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)
 
 
Paynter, Susan (Suzii) (Christian Life Commission)
 
 
Rivas, Andrew (Texas Catholic Conference)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Barrera, Jean-Jacques  (Self)
 
    For:
Been, Steven  (Self)
 
 
Been, Terri  (Self)
 
 
Cobb, Scott (Texas Moratorium Network)
 
 
Dieter, Alison  (Self and League of Women Voters)
 
 
Filler, Judith  (Self)
 
 
Harrington, Galia  (Self)
 
 
Harrington, Margie  (Self)
 
 
Hughes, Lily  (Self and Campaign to End the Death Penalty)
 
 
McCann, Bryan  (Self and Campaign to End the Death Penalty)
 
 
Morey, Frances  (Self)
 
 
Uribe, Hector (Texas Hispanic Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn)
 
 
Vaughn, Joanna  (Self and Friends Meeting of Austin)
 
 
Zamora, Abel (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)