Stop Executions
Breaking news, 3/11/25: The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has granted a stay of execution to David Wood, who was scheduled to be put to death on Thursday, March 13, 2025. Wood has spent more than 32 years on death row for crimes he maintains he did not commit – the murders of six women in El Paso in the summer of 1987. Texas has refused his repeated requests for additional DNA testing on more than 100 items recovered from the crime scenes. In 2011, DNA testing definitively excluded Wood as the contributor of male DNA found on a bloodstain on one of the victim’s clothing. 

Thanks to everyone who took action in support of Wood’s application for clemency.

Attend Events
This month, TCADP is commemorating the 20^th anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Roper v. Simmons, which found it unconstitutional to sentence people under age 18 at the time of the crime to death.  

Join us on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, from 6:30 to 7:30 PM CDT for a special webinar featuring attorneys, professors, and friends of individuals who were sentenced to death for crimes that occurred when they were 18, 19, or 20 years old. Learn about our speakers and RSVP here.

Get Informed
TCADP’s latest report, Texas Death Penalty Developments in 2024: The Year in Review exposes the racial bias, wrongful convictions, and other systemic flaws that permeate the administration of capital punishment in Texas even as the state’s use of the death penalty remains historically low. It also provides analysis of recent trends related to death sentences and executions as well as updates on capital cases.

Read the full report.

Read the press release.