TCADP Annual Report

TCADP Releases 2013 Year-End Report on Texas Death Penalty Developments

December 17, 2013January 2, 2014 Kristin Dallas, death penalty, TCADP Annual Report, Texas

Today, December 17, 2013, TCADP released its year-end report, Texas Death Penalty Developments in 2013: The Year in Review. According to the report, just one county accounted for one third of the nine new death sentences imposed by Texas juries this year.

TCADP Report: Use of Death Penalty Geographically Isolated, Arbitrarily Imposed in Texas

December 12, 2012 Kristin capital punishment, Carlos Deluna, Dallas, death penalty, death sentences, executions, Ft. Worth, Harris County, intellectual disabilities, jury rejection, severe mental illness, Stay of execution, Tarrant County, TCADP Annual Report, Texas

According to TCADP’s new report, Texas Death Penalty Developments in 2012: The Year in Review, more than half of all new death sentences were imposed in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex this year, while no new death sentences were imposed in Harris County for the third time in five years.

Upcoming Events in Austin: Violence and the Death Penalty Discussion, and Annual Report Distribution

January 23, 2012January 23, 2012 tcadp TCADP Annual Conference, TCADP Annual Report

Please consider participating in the Austin area opportunities listed below. Violence And The Death Penalty In Texas – Walter Long Walter Long, Austin criminal defense attorney and founder of the Texas After Violence Project, will facilitate a series of four Wednesday night discussions at Trinity United Methodist Church, 4001 Speedway, Austin, Texas 78751, on active engagement […]

January 2012 News and Events

January 6, 2012January 9, 2012 tcadp executions, Partners for Jusice, TCADP Annual Conference, TCADP Annual Report

Read about this month’s upcoming events, news and scheduled executions.

Austin American-Statesman Editorial: Texas juries choosing life without parole

December 20, 2011 Kristin 1 Comment Austin American-Statesman, death penalty, death sentences, executions, exoneration, TCADP Annual Report

“Whatever the reason for the decline in the number of executions in Texas, it is welcome news,” according to the Austin American-Statesman Editorial Board. In an editorial published today, December 20, 2011, “Texas juries choosing life without parole,” the Board cites the decline in executions and death sentences as reported by TCADP last week. The […]

TCADP 2011 Annual Report: Texas Carries Out Fewest Executions Since 1996

December 15, 2011December 15, 2011 Kristin 1 Comment Bexar County, Cameron Todd Willingham, capital punishment, Dallas, death penalty, death sentences, DNA testing, Duane Buck, executions, Governor Rick Perry, Hank Skinner, Harris County, Houston, Humberto Leal, jury rejection, Larry Swearingen, lethal injection, Mexican National, Stay of execution, TCADP Annual Report, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas. Court of Criminal Appeals, Travis County, U.S. Supreme Court

Today, December 15, 2011, the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (TCADP) released its annual report, Texas Death Penalty Developments in 2011: The Year in Review. According to the report, executions in Texas dropped to the lowest number since 1996 and death sentences remained at a historic low level this year.

December 7, 1982

December 7, 2011December 7, 2011 tcadp 1982, Charles Brooks, December 7, TCADP Annual Report

While most Americans are aware that today, December 7, is Pearl Harbor Day, here in Texas the date holds additional meaning. On this day in 1982, the State of Texas officially resumed executions… six years after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld revised state death penalty statutes in the case of Gregg v. Georgia. It is […]