In this edition: Scheduled executions: No executions in Texas this summer Updates on innocence cases: Attorneys for Robert Roberson object to Texas Attorney General’s request for an execution date; U.S. Supreme […]
Category: U.S. Supreme Court
In this edition: Scheduled executions: Urge a 90-day reprieve for David Wood to test the DNA Updates on innocence cases: Robert Roberson asks the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals again to […]
UPDATE: On October 4, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari and agreed to consider Ruben Gutierrez’s claim that he should be allowed to pursue his legal rights to conduct […]
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 […]
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 […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE12:01 ET, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2022 CONTACT: Kristin Houlé Cuellar, TCADP Executive Director512-552-5948 (cell)kristin@tcadp.org www.tcadp.org@TCADPdotORG#TXDP2022 Texas’s death penalty a “lethal lottery” as State pursues executions in flawed cases that […]
Last night, November 16, 2022, the State of Texas executed Stephen Barbee despite the violation of his constitutional right to a fair trial that occurred when his lawyers unexpectedly and impermissibly […]
In this edition Scheduled executions: Ramiro Gonzales, facing execution on July 13, seeks clemency; judge rejects motion to withdraw execution date for John Ramirez In case you missed it: U.S. Supreme […]