Dallas

State of Texas executes Terry Edwards

January 27, 2017January 28, 2017 Kristin Dallas, execution

The State of Texas executed Terry Edwards around 10:00 PM last night, despite significant concerns about his culpability in the crime, allegations of prosecutorial misconduct, and racial bias in the jury selection process. The U.S. Supreme Court delayed the execution by nearly four hours as it considered several final appeals. Ultimately, the Justices rejected those […]

North Texas death penalty case updates

November 21, 2016 Kristin Dallas, death sentences, Ford v. Wainwright, incompetency, severe mental illness, Tarrant County

Important decisions in two North Texas death penalty-related cases were announced last Friday: A State District Judge in Dallas determined that John Battaglia is mentally competent to be executed, while a Tarrant County jury imposed a new death sentence for the first time in more than two years.

TCADP November 2016 Alert: Fewest executions in two decades

November 1, 2016 Kristin Annual Conference, Catholic Church, Dallas, executions

In this edition of our monthly newsletter, you’ll find a recap of recent death penalty developments, including commentary on the national momentum towards abolition. Save the date for our 2017 Faith Leader Advocacy Day on the Death Penalty and join us for the TCADP 2017 Annual Conference in Austin!

Part II: Too Broken to Fix: An In-depth Look at America’s Outlier Death Penalty Counties

October 12, 2016October 12, 2016 Kristin Dallas, death sentences

Today, Harvard Law School’s Fair Punishment Project released Part II of its report, Too Broken to Fix: An In-depth Look at America’s Outlier Death Penalty Counties, which provides an in-depth look at how the death penalty is operating in the handful of counties across the country that are still using it, including Dallas County, Texas.

Evangelical Faith Leader Shane Claiborne to Address Death Penalty in Dallas and Fort Worth

September 14, 2016 Kristin Dallas, Faith, Ft. Worth

TCADP will co-host two events with social justice pioneer Shane Claiborne in Dallas and Fort Worth on September 27th and 28th. Claiborne will speak about his new book, Executing Grace: How the Death Penalty Killed Jesus and Why It’s Killing Us. In the book, he not only shares the grim statistics of a faulty justice system, but also the faces and stories of survivors of crime, murder victims’ families, prisoners, pastors, prosecutors, the exonerated, and even executioners.

TCADP hires new North Texas Outreach Coordinator!

October 12, 2015 Kristin Dallas, Ft. Worth, TCADP

TCADP is delighted to announce we have hired Jason Redick to serve as our North Texas Outreach Coordinator, a new part-time position based in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Jason became involved in efforts to end the death penalty in November 2013 while serving as the Minister of Youth and Young Adults at Holy Covenant United Methodist Church in […]

TCADP seeks North Texas Outreach Coordinator

June 24, 2015August 18, 2015 Kristin Dallas, Ft. Worth, TCADP

TCADP is pleased to announce a new part-time staff position: a North Texas Outreach Coordinator. Specifically, we seek a motivated and experienced individual to develop and implement a campaign aimed at reducing use of the death penalty in Dallas and Tarrant Counties. The North Texas Outreach Coordinator will identify and engage community leaders – including clergy, law enforcement, and […]

Death row exonoree Juan Melendez in Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex this week

September 15, 2014October 6, 2014 Kristin Dallas, Ft. Worth, innocence, Juan Melendez, Wrongfully Convicted

“Journey to Justice: A Speakers’ Tour Featuring Death Row Survivor Juan Roberto Melendez-Colon” will take place in the Metroplex from September 28 – October 2, 2014. Juan Melendez spent 17 years, 8 months, and 1 day on Florida’s death row for a crime he did not commit. He was exonerated and released on January 3, 2002.