Senator Ellis was the one dissenting vote on Jessica’s Law in the Texas Senate, a bill that gives 25 years for the first offense of molestation of a child, and […]
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National Crime Victims’ Week
FROM THE JOURNEY OF HOPE, MVFHR AND MVFR April 22 – 28, 2007 is National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. The theme for this year is “Victims’ Rights: Every Victim, Every […]
Today, April 18, 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case Panetti vs. Quarterman. This case concerns Texas death row inmate Scott Panetti, who has a […]
The editorial board of the Dallas Morning News called for abolition of the death penalty in Texas TODAY! Only the scond paper in Texas to do so, after the Austin […]
On April 11, James Clark is scheduled to be executed for a rape and murder committed in June 1993. This would be the 12th execution in Texas this year; there […]
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THREE STEPS TO A BETTER TEXAS
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month….Prevent child abuse. Reduce crime. Stop the need for executions.If we do a better job protecting our children from abuse and neglect, they will be […]
AUSTIN CHRONICLENews: March 30, 2007 http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=460819 The Austin Chronicle posted an update on the Anthony Graves case that brings up several points that have long troubled me. One of the […]
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Execution Today and Tommorrow!
Vincent Gutierrez to be executed TODAY!Vincent Gutierrez is scheduled for execution for the March 1997 killing of Captain Jose Cobo of the US Air Force. Gutierrez allegedly shot Cobo while […]