Dallas

TCADP September 2020 Newsletter: Join us for an evening of forgiveness, hope, and resilience

September 2, 2020September 2, 2020 Kristin Dallas, executions, innocence, Lobby Corps, Tarrant County

In this edition of our monthly newsletter, you’ll find information about a special virtual event on September 22 featuring Alabama death row exoneree Anthony Ray Hinton. Updates on scheduled executions and recent case developments also are available. Applications for the TCADP Lobby Corps and nominations for our annual awards are now open.

State of Texas executes Robert Sparks

September 25, 2019September 26, 2019 Kristin Dallas, execution

The State of Texas executed Robert Sparks on September 25 after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his final appeal. Although Justice Sonia Sotomayor agreed with the decision to deny a stay of execution, she noted she found it “deeply troubling” that a bailiff was allowed to wear a tie depicting a syringe during Sparks’ trial. […]

Widespread support for new legal proceedings for Randy Halprin, who is scheduled for execution on October 10

September 9, 2019September 9, 2019 Kristin Dallas, execution, law of parties, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

More than 100 Jewish attorneys, the American Jewish Committee, and the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism have filed an amicus brief with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in support of a new trial for Randy Halprin. Halprin is scheduled to be executed on October 10, 2019, despite the fact that no court has considered the impact of the judge’s anti-Semitic prejudice against him during his 2003 trial.

TCADP September 2019 Alert: Three more executions scheduled this month

September 3, 2019September 3, 2019 Kristin Cameron Todd Willingham, Dallas, executions, TCADP Annual Conference

In this edition of our monthly newsletter, you’ll find information about the three executions scheduled by the State of Texas in September, as well as important news related to the death penalty out of Dallas and Houston.

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stays execution of Mark Robertson

April 8, 2019April 8, 2019 Kristin Dallas, Stay of execution

Today, April 8, 2019, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ordered a stay of execution for Mark Robertson. He was scheduled to be put to death on Thursday, April 11, after more than 28 years on death row in Texas. According to the Texas Tribune, “His appellate lawyers asked the Texas court to stop his […]

TCADP August 2018 Alert: A welcome reprieve from executions

August 1, 2018August 1, 2018 Kristin Bexar County, Dallas, Harris County

In this edition of our monthly e-newsletter, you’ll find information about recent death penalty developments in Bexar, Dallas, and Harris Counties, as well as upcoming events in Fort Worth and San Antonio.

TCADP’s 20th consecutive annual conference taking place this weekend in Dallas

February 13, 2018 Kristin Dallas, TCADP Annual Conference

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 13, 2018 CONTACT: Kristin Houlé, TCADP Executive Director 512-441-1808 (office); 512-552-5948 (cell) khoule@tcadp.org TCADP Annual Conference to Address Changing Death Penalty Landscape Statewide gathering will honor advocates, exonorees, faith leaders, and victim survivors (Austin, Texas) — Advocates from across […]

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halts execution of Steven Long

August 22, 2017 Vanessa Akins Dallas, death penalty, intellectual disabilities, Stay of execution, Texas

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA) has stayed the execution of Steven Long to allow for further review of Long’s claims of intellectual disability. This marks the fourth case granted a stay by the CCA this year. Long was scheduled to be executed on August 30, 2017, for the assault and murder of 11-year-old Kaitlyn […]