In The Media

Harris County, Texas, has executed more people than anywhere else in the country. In most Harris County cases ending in a death sentence over the previous 20 years, defense lawyers failed to find and present compelling evidence that could have kept their clients off of death row, according to a two-part report published on Monday by the Wren Collective, a group of former public defenders who do criminal justice research and policy.

A new report raises questions about whether children accused of crimes in Cuyahoga County are getting the best possible legal representation – and about whether the juvenile court’s system for assigning private attorneys is influenced by the preferences of judges.