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TCADP REPORT: Evidence of innocence and racial bias on stark display as Texas maintains historically low use of the death penalty

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETHURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2024 CONTACT: Kristin Houlé Cuellar, TCADP Executive Director512-552-5948 (cell)kristin@tcadp.org   www.tcadp.org           @TCADPdotORG #TXDP2024 TCADP REPORT: Evidence of innocence and racial bias on stark display as Texas maintains historically low […]

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TCADP December 2024 Newsletter: Exciting conference announcements; case updates; and an action to #CommuteTheRow

In this edition: Scheduled executions: Tell President Biden to #CommuteTheRow Case updates: Recent developments in the Texas death penalty cases of Randy Halprin, Melissa Lucio, and Robert Roberson  TCADP 2025 Annual […]

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TCADP November 2024 Newsletter: Taking a moment to celebrate life

In this edition: Updates on Robert Roberson: Where things stand with Roberson’s case; wish him a happy birthday on November 10 Scheduled executions: No more executions set in Texas in […]

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Texas Supreme Court halts execution of Robert Roberson

The Supreme Court of Texas has granted a Texas House of Representatives’ emergency motion in part and issued a stay, effectively halting tonight’s scheduled execution of Robert Roberson. Recognizing that the lawmakers’ case […]

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TCADP October 2024 Newsletter: An extraordinary visit to death row

In this edition: Scheduled executions: Texas set to execute Garcia White tonight, October 1, 2024, unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes The campaign to #SaveRoberson: Lawmakers visit Robert Roberson on […]

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State of Texas executes Garcia White

Last week, the United States reached a horrendous milestone: The 1,600th execution in the “modern” era of the death penalty (since 1976). The Death Penalty Information Center notes that this is […]

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State of Texas executes Travis Mullis

Last night, September 24, 2024, the State of Texas executed Travis Mullis. In 2011, a jury in Galveston County sentenced Mullis to death for killing his three-month-old son, Alijah. Because Mullis […]

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Press Release: Widespread Bipartisan Support for Clemency for Robert Roberson, Innocent on TX Death Row – Clemency Petition Filed

LINK TO SEPTEMBER 17 PRESS CONFERENCE: https://tinyurl.com/2waufj3y Contact: Laura Burstein at laura.burstein@squirepb.com or 202-669-3411 Robert Roberson, an Autistic Father Wrongfully Convicted and Sentenced to Death in Texas Based on the Debunked “Shaken Baby Syndrome” […]