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Dallas County names public defenders mental health division for Vicki Rice after unanimous resolution

5534336 · August 5, 2025
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Dallas County Commissioners Court unanimously approved a resolution on Aug. 5 honoring the late Vicki Moore Rice and renaming the Public Defender—s mental health division in her memory, citing her 23-year career and leadership on mental health advocacy inside the criminal justice system.

Dallas County Commissioners Court on Aug. 5 unanimously adopted a resolution honoring Vicki Moore Rice, a longtime leader in the Dallas County Public Defender—s Office, and ordered that the office—s mental health division be named the Vicki Rice Mental Health Division. The court read the resolution into the record and voted, with the motion carrying unanimously. "Vicki was a force of nature," said Lynn Richardson, who…

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