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Legendary death penalty lawyer Stephen Bright came to Texas Law on Nov. 15, 2023, and met with students from the Budd Innocence Center and the Capital Punishment Center.

The director of education at the Illinois Prison Project spoke about his work of ending mass incarceration.

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner spoke at Texas Law on Tuesday, October 17, 2023 in the Eidman Courtroom, CCJ 2.306. This event was sponsored by the Budd Innocence Center.

Anatomy of an Injustice: The story of a death row exoneree, with Anthony Graves and his attorneys.

The two women came in 2022 to discuss the concept of “Progressive Prosecution” as well specific policies and practices of the Travis County District Attorney's Office.

The Budd Innocence Center was very pleased to host writer, advocate, and professor Lara Bazelon at an event on April 9, 2019. Ms. Bazelon also spoke in class to the Actual Innocence Clinic.

Clarence Moses-El was wrongfully convicted and served 28 years in prison. Eric Klein serves as an attorney for the wrongly accused.

The Budd Innocence Center hosted Tucker Carrington, Director of the George C. Cochran Innocence Project at the University of Mississippi School of Law and Radley Balko of The Washington Post.

Texas Law celebrates a generous gift from Russell and Dorothy Budd of Dallas to create a new center focused on protecting the innocent and improving the criminal justice system.