UPDATE AS OF 2:00 PM, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2023: This afternoon, less than five hours before he was set to be put to death, Will Speer was granted a stay […]
Category: execution
Late last night, on October 10, 2023, the State of Texas executed Jedidiah Murphy after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his final appeal. Earlier in the evening, the Court vacated […]
MEDIA ADVISORY October 4, 2023 CONTACT: Kristin Houlé Cuellar, Executive Director Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty 512-552-5948 (cell) kristin@tcadp.org www.tcadp.org @TCADPdotORG MEDIA ADVISORY: Texas Coalition to Abolish the […]
On March 9, 2023, the State of Texas carried out its second execution of the week, putting Arthur Brown to death significant evidence of his innocence and intellectual disability. In […]
Last night, March 7, 2023, the State of Texas carried out its fourth execution of the year, putting Gary Green to death for killing his estranged wife, Lovetta Armstead, and […]
On Wednesday, February 8, 2023, the State of Texas executed John Balentine. His case raised many troubling issues about the racism and ineffective legal representation that pervades the Texas death […]
Tonight, the State of Texas executed Wesley Ruiz after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to intervene. Ruiz had asked the Court to halt the execution, arguing the Dallas jurors who […]
Tonight, January 10, 2023, the State of Texas carried out its first execution of the year, putting Robert Fratta to death. Fratta, a former Missouri City police officer, maintained his […]