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Tuesday February 23rd was a fantastic event inspite of the poor weather.  The Honorable Judge Tom Greenwell pictured left of the 319th District Court and Texas House of Representative District 32 Todd Hunter pictured right.

Our topics were on our State Judiciary and the Legislature and the interaction between the two.  Judge Tom Greenwell is one of our Honored judges and State Rep. Todd Hunter is on the Judiciary Committee in our state legislature. 

As expected these two serants of our great county and state were interesting and worth weathering the poor conditions outside to get to it.  We had about eight running candidates for many different offices in the area.  You will find a slideshow of the folks before and after.  So get interested and get involved in justice.

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Dim lights Download Pastor Rod Carver gives biblical reason for pastors to be involved in public "political" movements. Todd Hunter discused his position on the Judiciary Committee and issues currently on the table. Dim lights Download Then His Honor Judge Tom Greenwell shares a dizzying list of duties that each of our 8 district court judges. Dim lights Download

His Honor Judge White was a delight and extremely enlightening at the same time.  His presentation lasted about 1and 1/2 hours but seemed like 20 minutes.  We have the video in it's entirety just click the read more below and set back with a great cup of coffee. 

Judge Darrell White founded the organization Retired Judges of America sharing his view on the original intent of our criminal justice system.

We would like to extend a special thanks to ANNAPOLIS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY for the use of their Gym at the corner of Staples and Holly.

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In the Interest of Justice was a proud sponsor along with many area pastors to have retired Judge Darrell White with Retired Judges of America presenting a replica of the Harlan Bible to our District Court Judges.  To see the event just click the read more below. 

        Mr. E. Michael McCann was a very enlightening speaker.  He blessed us with a great speech on the necessity of having an honest DA.  Having been a DA for more than thirty years in Michigan, he carries special insight into the responsibilities of the office.  Here you will find the speech in it's entirety to watch at your leisure.      Enjoy. Click the READ MORE to view the video

We also have pictures of the event by clicking here.

We are so grateful for the inspiring and informational speech by the Honorable Sandra Watts, Judge of the 117th District Court.  She spoke on the history of our Juror system and the importance of serving.  Click the READ MORE to watch the video. 

We also have pictures of the event by clicking here.

In the Interest of Justice is once again holding a forum for the furtherance of Justice.  We are proud to announce the Keynote speakers of this function "Mr. E. Michael McCann  and  117th District Court - Hon. Sandra Watts".  This event wil be held at Annapolis Christian Academy on Tuesday May 26th at 7:00 pm. Here you will find a map .

Mr. E. Michael McCann served as the elected District Attorney of Milwaukee County for 38 years (1968-2006_30" value="" />). He retired from public service in January 2007, at which time he joined Marquette University Law School as a Boden Teaching Fellow and Adjunct Professor of Law.

One of the more prominent cases that occurred during Mr. McCann's distinguished career as District Attorney was the prosecution of Milwaukee serial slayer Jeffrey Dahmer. Mr. McCann also acted to guard worker safety by prosecuting employers for recklessly causing job site deaths of employees in State of Wisconsin v. S.A. Healy Co. In State v. Chem Bio Corp., he secured homicide convictions against a laboratory for failing to detect incipient cancers which caused the death of two women.

Four Brave Souls Showed up to face their constituents.  Thanks to those who made time for us.   We had a light showing but hope everyone was watching the Presidential debates if they were not with us.  Sam Milsap gave a great speech on questions to ask a candidate to make a more educated decision of the candidates.  We have requested a print copy of the speech so we can post it here.  We did video tape the entire event and will be posting it soon.  If you click the read more below you will be taken to a slide show of the evening. 

Sam Millsap received his undergraduate and legal education at the University of Texas and has practiced law in San Antonio, Texas, for 35 years.  Millsap was elected Bexar County District Attorney in 1982 and served in that office until 1987.  He was selected as San Antonio’s "Politician of the Year" by both of San Antonio’s major daily newspapers in 1983. 

Among many notable prosecutions, Millsap prosecuted Ruben Cantu for capital murder; Cantu was executed in 1992.  In December, 2005, as a result of investigative reporting by the Houston Chronicle, serious questions were raised concerning Cantu’s guilt.  Millsap, acknowledging that he made an error in judgment when he decided to seek the death penalty on the basis of the testimony of a single eyewitness, has assumed personal responsibility for Ruben Cantu’s execution.  Millsap is the only former elected major metropolitan prosecutor in America who has prosecuted capital murder cases and is now an opponent of the death penalty.  Millsap has campaigned against the death penalty throughout the country and will speak at the United Nations in October.

In addition to many other awards, Millsap received the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty’s “Courage Award” in February, 2006.

Click the Name of the Candidate to see the Responses if they provided one.

 ITIJ has sent Guy Williams and Jose Longoria (214th Judge race) Juan Garcia, Todd Hunter and Lenard Nelson (State Rep. Dis32 race) Abel Herrero and Connie Scott (State Rep. Dis 34 race)  Dori Contreras Garza and Caroline Bertuzzi (13th Court of Appeals race) a questionnaire and invited them to speak in explanation of the views held on the following seven question (click read more below for the questionnaire)

 
The event will be 7pm on Tuesday October, 7th at the Wynn Seale Jr. High Academy Auditorium, 1707 Ayers, Corpus Christi.  We believe that you want to be an educated voter.  We chose these questions specially written to show the mind a heart of the candidates.   Please join us in the second of many events ITIJ plans on having.  Show your support for the election process by being a part and educating yourself.

Our Kick Off Conference was a great success.  First we would like thank Pastor John Otis for the rousing statement of our foundation in the judicial system.  We need a moral standard in our judicial system or the nation will crumble under its’ own weight.  This can be listened to by clicking here.  Secondly thank you to Katherine Kase for the enlightening and at times humorous session on the “Qualities of a good judicial candidate”.  We were impressed in her ability to take a topic usually considered dry and uninteresting and provide us with key and critical information and at the same time make it enjoyable.  

We have the video.  As well as the power point  of Katherine’s speech. 

Click the Read More below for a Slide show of the event.