exoneration

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.

TCADP April 2019 Alert: Exonerations, juror perspectives, and a stay for Patrick Murphy

April 1, 2019 Kristin execution, exoneration, jury rejection, U.S. Supreme Court

In this edition: Scheduled executions: Two individuals set to be put to death this monthIn case you missed it: Alfred Dewayne Brown deemed “actually innocent”; Nueces County jury rejects death penalty for third time in a row; U.S. Supreme Court hears outrageous case of Curtis Flowers; two men exonerated in Florida after 43 years in prisonNew resource: […]

Texas death row exoneree Clarence Brandley has passed away

September 10, 2018September 11, 2018 Kristin Clarence Brandley, exoneration, innocence, Wrongfully Convicted

Clarence Brandley, who spent nine years on death row in Texas before his exoneration in 1990, passed away on September 2, 2018 at the age of 66. He came within six days of being executed for a crime he did not commit.

New report from National Registry of Exonerations: 139 wrongfully convicted individuals exonerated in 2017

March 16, 2018 Kristin exoneration, Wrongfully Convicted

According to a new report from the National Registry of Exonerations, 139 wrongfully convicted individuals were exonerated in 2017. This includes four people who had been sentenced to death. The leading cause in last year’s exonerations was official misconduct, particularly concealing exculpatory evidence.

New evidence strengthens Alfred Dewayne Brown’s death row exoneration

March 5, 2018 Kristin Alfred Dewayne Brown, exoneration, prosecutorial misconduct

Late in the day on Friday, March 2, 2018, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced the discovery of an email proving that prosecutors knowingly withheld critical evidence in the death penalty case of Alfred Dewayne Brown – evidence that supported Brown’s consistent claim of innocence. Brown was released from death row in June 2015 […]

Death Row Exonoree Anthony Graves to Visit Austin

October 27, 2015 Vanessa Akins Anthony Graves, Austin, exoneration, TCADP, Wrongfully Convicted

MEDIA ADVISORY October 27, 2015 CONTACT: Vanessa Akins, Communications Coordinator 512-441-1808 (office); 979-481-2709 (cell) vanessa@tcadp.org Death Row Exonoree Anthony Graves to Visit Austin Special event taking place at critical time in state’s experience with the death penalty Austin, Texas – Anthony Graves, who survived the ultimate nightmare – 18 years in prison as an innocent […]

13th death row exoneration in Texas: Alfred Dewayne Brown released after Harris County District Attorney dismisses charges

June 9, 2015June 9, 2015 Kristin exoneration, Harris County

Yesterday, Alfred Dewayne Brown became the 13th person in Texas and the 154th nationwide to be released from death row due to evidence of his wrongful conviction. The Harris County District Attorney’s Office dismissed the capital murder charges against him after determining there was not enough evidence to re-try him for two murders that took place at a cash-checking business in Houston in 2003.

State of Texas executes Derrick Charles

May 13, 2015 Kristin exoneration, severe mental illness, Texas

Last night, the State of Texas carried out its seventh execution of the year, putting Derrick Charles to death for the murders of his 15-year-old girlfriend, Myiesha Bennett, her mother Brenda Bennett, and her grandfather, Obie Lee Bennett in 2002 in Harris County. Charles was 19 years old at the time. According to his attorneys […]