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Kristin Houlé Cuellar is the Executive Director of the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (TCADP).

TCADP 2011 Annual Report: Texas Carries Out Fewest Executions Since 1996

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Post date December 15, 2011
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Today, December 15, 2011, the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (TCADP) released its annual report, Texas Death Penalty Developments in 2011: The Year in Review. According to the report, executions in Texas dropped to the lowest number since 1996 and death sentences remained at a historic low level this year.

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Governor of Oregon Stops Executions

Post author By Kristin
Post date November 22, 2011
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Today the Governor of Oregon, John Kitzhaber, announced a ban on executions during his time in office, declaring that “the death penalty is morally wrong and unjustly administered.” Under his authority, […]

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State of Texas Executes Guadalupe Esparza

Post author By Kristin
Post date November 21, 2011

On Wednesday, November 16, 2011, the State of Texas carried out the last scheduled execution of the year, putting to death Guadalupe Esparza. Esparza was convicted and sentenced to death […]

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Black Defendants Received 12 of Last 13 Death Sentences in Harris County

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Post date November 15, 2011
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According to an investigation by the Houston Chronicle, 12 of the last 13 defendants sentenced to death in Harris County have been African American. The 13th death sentence was handed […]

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Prominent Leaders Call on Harris County D.A. to Remedy Duane Buck Case

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Post date November 7, 2011
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More than 60 prominent civil rights leaders, faith leaders, elected officials, and former presidents of the American Bar Association are calling upon Harris County District Attorney Patricia Lykos to provide […]

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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Grants Stay to Hank Skinner

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Post date November 7, 2011
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We just received confirmation that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA) has issued a stay of execution for Hank Skinner. The order from the CCA states that “the Texas Code […]

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Skinner Appeals to Texas Governor Rick Perry for 30-Day Reprieve

Post author By Kristin
Post date November 7, 2011

Today, November 7, 2011, attorneys for Texas death row inmate Hank Skinner appealed to Governor Rick Perry to use his authority to grant a one-time, 30-day reprieve so that Skinner “can obtain the DNA testing that he has pursued for more than a decade, and which could resolve once and for all longstanding and troubling questions about the reliability of the verdict in his case.”

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U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Review Case of Duane Buck

Post author By Kristin
Post date November 7, 2011

Today we learned that the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review the case of Duane Buck, who was scheduled to be executed on September 15, 2011. Here’s a statement […]