Attorneys from the AG's office have asked us whether anyone has heard of an expert named John Niland -- specifically, whether he's testified during state habeas proceedings as an expert on ineffective assistance of counsel. If you have any information, please e-mail me back at beckham@tdcaa.com. Thanks!

He's the director of Capital Trial Project of the Texas Defender Service there in Austin. Basically, he gives a speeches and works for reforms that would effectivley abolish the death penalty as we know it today.

There's a wealth of online stuff about and by him.

You may start here:John Niland/Texas Defender Project