Stories | Texas After Violence (original) (raw)

We thank every person who has shared her or his story with the Texas After Violence Project, and through us, with all of you to increase our collective understanding of the causes and effects of serious violence and human rights violations; criminal investigation and legal processes; incarceration; and executions. The following transcripts represent some of of the hundred or so interviews that the Texas After Violence Project has conducted thus far.

Narratives of family members, friends, and colleagues of people who have died in acts of violence

Ms. Tammy Anderson, mother of Anthony Fuentes, Houston, Harris County
Mr. Ireland Beazley, father of Mr. Napoleon Beazley, Grapeland, Houston County
Mr. Jamaal Beazley, brother of Mr. Napoleon Beazley, Huntsville, Walker County
Captain Arthur Cárdenas, colleague of Deputy Keith Ruíz, Travis County Sheriff's Department
Ms. Tina Duroy, sister of Mr. James Colburn, Conroe, Montgomery County
Ms. Lee Greenwood, mother of Mr. Joseph Nichols, Houston, Harris County
Ms. Donna Hogan, mother of LeDuke Woodard, Houston, Harris County
Major Darren Long, friend and colleague of Deputy Keith Ruíz, Travis County Sheriff's Department
Ms. Iliana López, friend of Brandon Shank, San Antonio, Bexar County
Ms. Ruth Marín-Eason, mother of Raúl Marín, Spring, Harris County; San Antonio, Bexar County
Ms. Carolyn Mosley, original transcript in English, mother of Ortralla Mosley, Austin, Travis County
Traducción de la entrevista con la Sra. Carolyn Mosley, madre de Otralla Mosley
Deputy Roger Wade, friend and colleague of Deputy Keith Ruíz, Travis County Sheriff's Department

Ex-Cons Speak

Mr. Jorge Antonio Renaud, published poet; journalist; author of Behind the Walls: A Guide for Families and Friends of Texas Prison Inmates (University of North Texas, 2002); consultant; graduate student at the University of Texas School of Social Work; ex-convict
Mr. Ray Hill, host of The Prison Show, queer ex-con activist

Clergy, spiritual advisors, and religious leaders

Brother Richard P. Daly, CSC, St. Edward's University, former director of the Texas Catholic Conference
Bishop Leroy Theodore Matthiesen, late Bishop Emeritus of Roman Catholic Diocese of Amarillo (numerous segments, two of which are posted at present)
Father Joe Lawless, St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Corpus Christi, Nueces County (to be posted soon)

Lawyers' narratives

Mr. Larry Daves, Colorado, formerly of West Texas, East Texas, and San Antonio
Mr. Vic Feazell, former McLennan County District Attorney, now in Austin, Travis County
Mr. Andrew Forsythe, Austin, Travis County
Mr. Leon Grizzard, lawyer, Austin, Travis County
Mr. Christopher Gunter, lawyer, Austin, Travis County,
Mr. Steve Hall, formerly with the Texas Attorney General's Office, director of StandDown Texas, Austin, Travis County
Mr. James C. Harrington, Director, Texas Civil Rights Project, statewide, main office in Austin, Travis County, also formerly of Edinburg, Hidalgo County in the Río Grande Valley (to be published online but not yet transcribed)
Mr. James Lohman, lawyer who has represented Death Row inmates in Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, and Texas
Mr. Sam Millsap, former Bexar County District Attorney, San Antonio, Bexar County (to be published online but not yet transcribed)
Ms. Joyce Smith, currently with the Texas Education Agency (TEA), formerly a hearing officer with the Texas Youth Commission (library use or library loan only for non-commercial educational use)

Scholars & educators

Professor Roger Barnes, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Bexar County
Professor Dennis Longmire, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Walker County

Photographers' narratives & media witnesses to exeuctions

Mr. John Holbrook, Private Investigator and photographer, Benbrook, Tarrant County
Ms. Jenna Jackson, reporter witness to execution (library use or library loan only for non-commercial educational use)
Mr. Alan Pogue, Texas Center for Documentary Photography, Austin, Travis County

Narratives of activists not already listed in another category

Ms. Christy Armell, activist with the New Mexico Campaign to End the Death Penalty (C.E.D.P.)
Mr. David Atwood, Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Houston, Harris County (two segments)
Ms. Marjorie Loehlin, anti-death penalty activist (library use or library loan only for non-commercial educational use)
Ms. Gloria Rubac, activist, Houston, Harris County
Mr. Bob Van Steenburg, Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Austin, Travis County (available for public viewing but not yet transcribed)

We post interview transcripts only with the explicit permission of interview narrators, typically after they have reviewed the DVDs and transcripts of their interviews, requested changes, approved the final versions of transcripts, donated them to the project, and specifically authorized web publication.

Are you interested in an interview listed here that does not have a transcript posted? Or do you wish to show a videotaped interview to your class or community group right now (before the full interviews are posted at HRDI)?

These interviews are available to librarians, educators at non-profit institutions, or other non-profit organizations, for educational, non-commercial use only.

If you are an individual researcher, we will share transcripts or videos with your nearest public library or educational institution; you need to ask a librarian to request the material for you. Contact info@texasafterviolence.org.