Author: tcadp

Training for the Long Run, the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty’s (NCADP) upcoming annual conference in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania from January 22 to January 25, 2009, is convening at […]

Dec. 8 TEXAS: Sparks capital murder trial starts punishment phase today Now that Robert Sparks is a convicted murderer, the question turns towhether he deserves to die for killing his […]

Dec. 7 TEXAS: Harris sends nobody to death row First I learn that Houston's air is getting cleaner. Now I learn that we haven't sentenced a single scumbag murderer to […]

Dec. 5 TEXAS: Historic low number of death sentences in Texas Texas juries have sent 9 people to death row this year, the fewest in thestate for 1 year since […]

Dec. 4 TEXAS: DA Watkins questioned victim in death penalty trial Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins regularly sits in onhigh-profile trials at the courthouse. It's his job to know […]

Dec. 2 TEXAS: Edinburg Massacre convict loses death row appeal An inmate convicted for providing assault weapons to gang members lost hiscase in state appeals court last week. Rodolfo Alvarez […]

Dec. 2 TEXAS: Robert Sparks may face capital punishment for deaths of wife, stepsons Nicoletta Agnew plans to walk into a Dallas courtroom this morning andface the man she believes […]

Dec. 1 TEXAS: El Pasoan scheduled to be executed next month El Pasoan Ricardo Ortiz, convicted in 1999 of capital murder, is scheduledto be executed Jan. 29, 2009, according to […]