This episode of Partners in Justice features Texas attorney Naomi Howard. Howard is a constitutional defense attorney in Texas. Her practice focuses on investigations and criminal defense matters in Texas and federal courts. She is also a board member of the Texas Innocence Project.
Howard joins Vickie Adams, CAIL's director of special programs, for a conversation detailing the case of Melissa Lucio, the first woman of Hispanic descent to be sentenced to death in Texas, and the issues surrounding evidence that led to her conviction.
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