Justice too long delayed is justice denied. — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Mission
Pure Justice seeks to empower, inspire, and activitate its members and community supporters to champion restorative justice practices, equity in economic opportunities, and transformation to the criminal justice and economic structures of Harris County for the uplifting of marginalized individuals.
Our Team
R. C. Evans
Operations Director
Sasha L. Legette, J.D.
Executive Director
Criminal Justice Reform
Seldom includes the voices of the youth. We are in the process of putting together a youth criminal justice reform council comprised of high school juniors and seniors as well as college students to gain insight on how they’d like to see the criminal justice system work for them!
Our latest elections have been met with much voter apathy and low turnout, particularly by marginalized citizens. Many feel that their voices aren’t valuable and are rarely heard, therefore we are starting a “Your Vote Matters" campaign to raise political consciousness and voter participation within the community.
Latest News
May 12, 2021
Surviving a Criminal Record
People with criminal records in America struggle systematically in many different ways, including, but not limited to voting, education, and even housing. What is arguably the worst part of this is that criminal records are very common in our country....
Continue ...May 4, 2021
Room for Rent
In December 2005, at the age of 22, I agreed to 7-years deferred adjudication in lieu of facing a prison sentence. Naively, I thought I dodged the bullet and assumed probation was nothing more than a monthly urinary analysis. I...
Continue ...April 23, 2021
Mandatory Sentencing: The False Masked Scare Tactic
In 1984 the Sentencing Reform Act was passed into legislation introducing mandatory sentencing to the criminal justice system. Essentially this means that a committee got together and discussed different crime violations and decided on a non-negotiable amount of time an...
Continue ...Let's Work Together!
Pure Justice focuses on criminal justice reform and economic equity issues in Harris County and surrounding areas.