Sunday, June 26, 2011

Amicus COMPLETE!!!

Thank you all for helping us to build a wonderful Amicus! It has been written, sent, and is now waiting to be seen by the Supreme Court! For those who have signed the document, and wish to see the completed amicus, please let us know and we will show it to you! It turned out really nice! For those who are worried about personal information being shared, don't worry! A special copy which does not contain any personal information has been created just for you guys!
Pray for us as we go forth...

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Thank You All For Your Support!

Hello!
We are ecstatic to say that we have been able to gather 92 signatures! We only need 8 more signatures to reach the goal of 100 people! If you have heard of this Amicus Curiae Brief and you want to participate, but you have not signed up yet, please let us know!!! Time in running short and, the sooner you send notification, the easier it will be for us to collect your signature!

Thank you all for your help!

Sunday, June 19, 2011

A Different Type of Subscribing

Hello Everyone,

We've noticed that people are having a hard time keeping up with our blog. Until recently, keeping up with the blog was fairly arduous. Yet, with my "tech-savvy daughter", we have made an improvement! You can now subscribe to our site in a way that will make it so every time we make a new post, add a new page, or send updates you will receive an email! Please sign up for this convenient service by scrolling down to the bottom of this page and entering your e-mail address in the white box (under the words "Follow By E-Mail"). Then, click submit! It's simple, but it keeps you in the loop, it keeps the conversation going, and it's a great feature for the site!

Sign up today! Thank you!

Still Fighting...

Those who know our family probably realize by now that we simply don't give up. I don't know why we are like this, but my family's determination has brought us closer than imaginable. Right now, we are hanging onto our last thread but it is the determination of the community (God bless you all!) that is getting my family through this mess. As of June 10th, our petition for retrial was "denied". In legal terms, the denial means that the court doesn't necessarily agree or disagree with the wrong (in our opinion) judgment of the lower courts, but they don't think that our case is important to the Texas Jurisprudence and therefore the Supreme Court will not evaluate our case. This was simply devastating to us...one would think that tears eventually dry up...but they would be wrong.
Despite this devestating set-back, many of you know that we are not willing to give up. There are 15 days for our lawyer to submit another version of a petition for review to the Texas Supreme Court. We are currently working on gathering support for an Amicus Curiae Brief which also must be submitted before the 15 days are up. We have until June 25th before our time is up. For those who do not know, the term "Amicus Curiae" literally means "friend of the court". In other words, you guys are gathering around the court as friends trying to prevent it from making another incorrect decision. Please let me extend my heartfelt gratitude to all who have offered up their support, their names, and their signatures to strengthen the Amicus Brief that is currently being written. This document is very difficult to put together, not to mention time consuming, and it will soon be completed. In fact, it should be sent off by this Friday. Please pray for us as we work to open the eyes of the Supreme Court and hopefully give Nicholas Justice!