Today the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear arguments in the case of Charles Hood, a Texas death row inmate. This case has garnered national attention from numerous attorneys and […]
Author: Kristin
Kristin Houlé Cuellar is the Executive Director of the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (TCADP).
The following letter regarding the case of Hank Skinner appeared on Sunday, April 4, 2010 in the Amarillo Globe News: Every time we have heard about a new execution date […]
The following is a statement from Rob Owen, attorney for Hank Skinner who is scheduled for execution on Wednesday, March 24, 2010: “Today, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refused […]
From the StandDown Texas Project: Attorneys representing Hank Skinner have formally asked Governor Rick Perry to issue a 30-day reprieve of Skinner’s March 24 execution date and to order DNA […]
Hank Skinner’s execution has been delayed for one month, based on a technical error with the execution warrant. Here is a statement from his attorney, Rob Owen: For Immediate Release […]
According to an article in today’s Amarillo Globe-News, “Death penalty pursuit: cost vs. certainty” (February 1, 2010), local prosecutors are weighing the cost of death penalty trials when deciding whether […]
“An old adage promises that the only definite things in life are death and taxes. Wrongdoers in the Lone Star state may read that differently: The only thing guaranteed in […]