As we ring in the new year, one of the primary battlegrounds where recent death penalty reforms have been won is about to change dramatically. One of the first issues […]
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We’re Back!
We apologize to all interested parties for the long break here at Texas Abolition Blog, but we’re back and ready for a new year in the struggle for abolition!
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Shout Out to Grits
Big shout out to Scott Henson who has featured Texas Abolition Blog on his popular Grits for Breakfast!
The Houston Chronicle has published a two-part investigative series examining the question, “Did Texas Execute an Innocent Man?” Ruben Cantu was 17 when he supposedly shot Pedro Gomez to death […]
Friends, As we near the 1000th execution since the resumption of state sanctioned-killings, abolitionists around the country are using this impending horrific and historic event to educate and activate people […]
Friends, Here is the just released joint statement of two of the most important organizations in the abolition movement. Fewer voices are more powerful than those of murder victims families. […]
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Massachusetts rejects death penalty
The recent effort to reinstate the death penalty in Massachusetts has failed on a 99 to 53 vote in the House of Representatives. It was just 8 years ago that […]
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Catholic Bishops Statement
Our previous post displayed just one of the first news stories about the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ new statement on capital punishment. This new call reaffirming the Catholic […]