Please don’t miss this TCADP February alert highlighting ways you can be engaged in ending the death penalty in Texas: protest the scheduled execution of Suzanne Basso in February, attend the 2014 Annual Conference “Lighting the Way” happening February 22, and read the Winter edition of the TCADP Quarterly newsletter. We want to see you in Fort Worth in February so don’t miss the TCADP Annual Conference and other special upcoming events.
Category: execution
The State of Texas is scheduled to put Suzanne Basso to death on February 5, 2014. She was convicted in 1999 in Harris County of the 1998 murder of Louis “Buddy” Musso. You can help stop this execution by contacting the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Governor Rick Perry.
Last night, after a three-hour delay resulting from a final appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, the State of Texas executed Edgar Tamayo. He was convicted of the 1994 murder […]
The State of Texas is scheduled to execute Edgar Tamayo on January 22, 2014 for the 1994 murder of Officer Guy Gaddis of the Houston Police Department. Tamayo, who is […]
If you missed the monthly TCADP alert sent on December 3, see this post for more information about coming events, breaking news, and ways you can be involved in ending the death penalty in Texas.
Last night, the State of Texas carried out its last execution of the year, putting Jerry Martin to death for the 2007 murder of Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison guard Susan Canfield during a prison escape from the Wynne Unit in Huntsville.
Last night, September 26, 2013, the State of Texas executed Jamie McCoskey for the abduction and murder of Michael Dwyer, 21. Some reports of the case include an accusation of […]
On Saturday, November 2, the Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy will gather at the Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery in Huntsville, Texas to remember the 3,000 men and women laid […]