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Counties Bear the Expense of Capital Murder Trials

The Hillsboro Reporter, in Hill County, Texas, features an important article about the cost of capital murder trials and the impact these cases might have on the county budget. The […]

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Read the TCADP 2010 Summer Newsletter

The TCADP 2010 Summer newsletter: Seizing the Momentum features a new look for TCADP with the adoption of a new logo!

In this issue: Another Case of Wrongful Execution?; Texas Death Penalty Developments; MVFR Interview: Steve Bishop; Regional Trainings; Chapter News/Calendar; Member Spotlight: Jessica Chong

Read it now!

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Retired NYC Police Investigator Voices Concerns about Death Penalty

Today’s Hartford (Connecticut) Courant features an excellent op-ed from Terrence P. Dwyer,  a retired investigator with the New York State Police, Bureau of Criminal Investigation.  In “More than Reasonable Doubt About […]

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Scheduled Execution: Derrick Jackson

Derrick Jackson is scheduled to be executed Tuesday, July 20 at 6:00pm. The execution will be the 15th Texas execution of 31 nationwide.

More information about Texas Vigils.

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The death penalty: Still arbitrary, capricious, and discriminatory

July 2 marked the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision Gregg v. Georgia (1976), which upheld the newly crafted death penalty statutes of several states (including that of Texas) […]

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Brazoria County Jury Rejects Death Penalty

On Friday, June 25, 2010, a Brazoria County jury rejected the death penalty for Nicholas-Michael Edwin Jean and instead sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole. […]

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New TX Death Sentence

On Friday, June 18, 2010, a Dallas County jury sentenced Donald Andrew Bess to death for the rape and murder of SMU student Angela Samota in 1984. The case had […]

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DNA Testing Ordered for Texas Man Executed in 2000

Earlier this week, State District Judge Paul Murphy granted a motion from The Innocence Project and the Texas Observer and ordered local prosecutors to turn over a one-inch strand of […]