The Gulf Region Advocacy Center

The Gulf Region Advocacy Center To donate, visit http://www.gracelaw.org/donate01.html No such office or organization has ever existed in Harris County. GRACE is that office.

The Gulf Region Advocacy Center, or GRACE, is an independent, non-governmental, Houston-based charity that provides high quality capital defense to indigent individuals facing the death penalty at trial or retrial. The Director and several of the Board members are veteran capital trial lawyers who participated in building the Louisiana Capital Assistance Center (LCAC) in New Orleans, Louisiana. Th

e LCAC has developed an extremely successful method for investigating and presenting capital cases for indigent defendants. This method has been refined through dozens of capital cases in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Though the Harris County District Attorney's Office has long maintained specialized units for capital trial and appellate work, never has there been a Harris County defender's office devoted exclusively to capital trials of the indigent where public interest lawyers can work together, share skills and materials, benefit from economies of scale, engage in systematic impact litigation and become specialists in indigent capital trials.

11/28/2022

Online shopping? Please use Amazon Smile to designate your favorite charity! Amazon will make a donation that does NOT change the items available or the prices you pay! Other platforms have similar programs.
***Note that GRACE is listed as “Gulf Region Advocacy Center” with Amazon Smile.

New book about capital litigation in Texas includes the story of GRACE’s origins and work in our early days. Check out ...
01/28/2021

New book about capital litigation in Texas includes the story of GRACE’s origins and work in our early days. Check out the NYT review and excerpt from the book, here:

“Let the Lord Sort Them,” by Maurice Chammah, relates the history of capital punishment in America, and why it is on its way out.

12/31/2020

It’s been a tough year for GRACE, as it has for everyone. We’ve continued to serve our pro bono clients and even settled two cases for former death row inmates now safe from ex*****on and serving lesser sentences! Sadly we also lost a client to COVID.
So far, we’ve managed to stay afloat and pay our staff through the pandemic, but it remains touch-and-go and we really need some love and generosity to make sure GRACE emerges on the other side of this intact and fired up to stand up for men and women facing the death penalty in some of the most lethal jurisdictions in the world. Please give what you can. And, don’t forget when shopping online to use AmazonSmile or equivalent programs to send matching donations through your shopping App to GRACE and no cost to you. Click the link on our page for one time donation or to become a Steadfast Friend with automatic monthly donations.

12/24/2020

IMPORTANT REMINDER:
If you are shopping on Amazon, please remember to turn on “Amazon Smile” to automatically direct a 0.5% matching donation to GRACE at no cost to you!

Go to “program features” under your profile to turn on AmazonSmile and select the Gulf Region Advocacy Center.

You’d be surprised how much this (and equivalent settings on other outlets) generates for GRACE when everyone is shopping online! Even a small amount can make difference as GRACE squeezes every nickel to serve our pro bono clients!!

Note that AmazonSmile expires every six months, requiring you to turn it back on (for free), so even if you have previously set it up, please check your settings!

Address

2307 Union Street
Houston, TX
77007

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm

Telephone

+17138694722

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