John G. Jasuta: John holds a B.S.Ed. from the University of Texas at Austin and a JD from St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio. He has worked within the prison system as a member of the Staff Counsel for Inmates of the former Texas Department of Corrections, has served as General Counsel to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and as a member of the central staff of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals for over twenty-four years, rising to the position of Chief Staff Attorney and head of the writ section of that staff. He co-wrote Texas Criminal Writ Practice with Catherine Burnett and Rick Wetzel and has written other articles on habeas corpus and some of the more arcane aspects of that area including time computations under the law. He retired from the State of Texas in September 2003.