Texas Organizing Project is calling for the Firing of Attorney General Ken Paxton.
In September 2018, a federal judge declared the Dallas County bail system violates people’s constitutional rights.
A majority of people locked up in the Lew Sterrett Jail have not been convicted of a crime, and are simply there because they can’t afford bail.
During their time in jail, they lose their ability to work and the freedom to mount a vigorous defense, often driving them to plead guilty even when they are not.
Dallas County has to change its system, but this will not happen as long as Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office represents Dallas County felony court judges in this lawsuit. Paxton, a Republican, will never acknowledge that mass incarceration is a problem or that the system was built to discriminate against people of color.
District Court Judge Tammy Kemp and other felony court judges in Dallas County should fire Ken Paxton’s office, and reform the bail system so that people are no longer jailed just because they’re poor.
SIGN OUR PETITION calling on Judge Kemp and other Dallas County felony court judges to fire Ken Paxton’s office and come to the table to reach a settlement: bit.ly/FIREKENPAXTON
Judge Tammy Kemp Campaign (204th District Court)
Dominique Collins (Criminal District Court 4)
Judge Nancy Kennedy, Criminal District Court 2
Gracie Lewis (Criminal District Court 3)
Lela Mays (283rd Criminal District Court)
Judge Hector Garza (195th Criminal District Court)
Jennifer Bennett Judge 265th District Court
Judge Chika Anyiam (Criminal District Court 7)
Stephanie Huff (291st Criminal District Court)
Ernest White (194th Criminal District Court)
Raquel Rocky Jones (203rd Criminal District Court)
Jeanine Howard (Criminal District Court 6)
Tracy Holmes (363rd District Court)
Carter Thompson (Criminal District Court 4)
For more information, call or text Edwin Valentine at 469-426-4918.
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