executions

TCADP January 2021 Newsletter: Executions set to resume in Texas, federally this month

January 6, 2021January 6, 2021 Kristin executions, innocence, TCADP Annual Conference

In this edition of our monthly newsletter, you’ll find information on three federal executions scheduled for next week, as well as an execution set in Texas on January 21. Also, Anthony Graves reflects on 10 years of freedom since his exoneration and Alfred Dewayne Brown finally will be compensated by the State of Texas for his wrongful incarceration and decade on death row.

TCADP December 2020 Newsletter: Keeping up the fight to stop executions and end the death penalty

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Kristin COVID-19, executions, Gallup poll, legislature, TCADP Annual Conference

In this edition of our monthly newsletter, you’ll find information about federal executions scheduled by the outgoing administration, program announcements for the TCADP 2021 Annual Conference, and a new report on the toll COVID-19 has taken on Texas prisons and jails. Plus… abolition bills have been filed in the Texas Legislature and a new Gallup poll shows declining support for the death penalty.

TCADP November 2020 Newsletter: Using your voice for justice

November 2, 2020 Kristin executions, innocence, Pope Francis, racial bias, TCADP Annual Conference

In this edition of our monthly newsletter, you’ll find information about four scheduled executions and how you can take action. Also, Pope Francis reiterates the “inadmissibility” of the death penalty, the Governor of California addresses systemic racism, and a new documentary film about the Texas death penalty case of Melissa Lucio is now available to watch online.

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.

TCADP August 2020 Newsletter: More federal executions scheduled

August 4, 2020 Kristin COVID-19, executions, Tarrant County

In this edition of our monthly newsletter, you’ll find information about federal executions, mid-year analysis of use of the death penalty nationwide, and the spread of COVID-19 in Texas prisons, including the unit that houses the men on death row.

TCADP July 2020 Newsletter: “Future dangerousness” and the Texas death penalty

July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 Kristin executions, U.S. Supreme Court

In this edition Reflections on race and “future dangerousness” in the Texas death penalty Scheduled executions: State of Texas seeks to execute Billy Joe Wardlow for a crime he committed 27 years ago at the age of 18; federal government sets four execution dates Case updates: Bobby Moore, who spent 40 years on death row, […]

TCADP April 2020 Newsletter: Case updates; exonerations in 2019; and recommended media

April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 Kristin cost, El Paso, executions, exoneration, Wrongfully Convicted

In this edition of our monthly newsletter, you’ll find updates on scheduled executions and other Texas death penalty cases, a new report on exonerations in 2019, and recommended films, podcasts and other popular media on the death penalty.

COVID-19 and the Death Penalty

March 25, 2020May 19, 2020 Kristin COVID-19, executions, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting use of the death penalty and individuals on death row in Texas. In this blog post, you’ll find an update on recent developments as well as actions you can take (from home) in support. Recent death penalty developments Two men were scheduled to be executed by the State of Texas […]