In this edition: Scheduled executions: No executions for the next three months in Texas In case you missed it: City of Austin agrees to pay $35 million in restitution to men […]
Author: Kristin
Kristin Houlé Cuellar is the Executive Director of the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (TCADP).
Tonight, May 14, 2026, the State of Texas executed Edward Lee Busby, Jr., despite unanimous expert findings-and even the State’s own position-that he is intellectually disabled and ineligible for execution. […]
In this edition: Scheduled executions: Edward Busby faces execution on May 14 despite meeting the criteria for intellectual disability Case updates: Court overturns death sentence of Clarence Jordan nearly 50 years […]
Tonight, April 30, 2026, the State of Texas executed James Broadnax for murders he did not commit. James was sentenced to death at age 20 by a nearly all-white jury in Dallas in […]
In this edition: Scheduled executions: We have 30 days to stop the execution of James Broadnax Case updates: Competency hearing for Andre Thomas called off due to concerns about his severe […]
On March 11, 2026, the State of Texas executed Cedric Ricks. Ricks was sentenced to death for killing his girlfriend, Roxann Sanchez, and her eight-year-old son, Anthony Figueroa, in Tarrant […]
In this edition: Scheduled executions: Voice your opposition to the execution of Cedric Ricks Updates on innocence cases: Charles Flores files petition with the United States Supreme Court; four men deemed […]
Scheduled executions: Three Black men face execution in Texas In case you missed it: Dallas and Travis counties work to correct the mistakes of the past; new petition for Charles Don Flores […]