Originally published by Lindsay Stafford Mader .
Manuel Velez was spending his first months in solitary confinement in Huntsville when attorneys began reviewing the trial that put him on death row. The Dallas firm of Carrington Coleman had heard concerns from the Capital Punishment Center at the University of Texas School of Law that Velez might be mentally impaired. So the firm, which has a strong pro bono program, sent an email to its four dozen attorneys to see if any were interested in taking on the case.
(Photo: Manuel Velez speaks with news media, surrounded by the pro bono team of attorneys, after being released from prison.)
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