Fact Sheets
The Death Penalty in Bexar County
The Death Penalty in Harris County
The Death Penalty in Tarrant County
The Death Penalty in Dallas County
Videos
Adam John Foss’ Bold Idea for Reforming Prosecutors
Reports
Texas Death Penalty Developments in 2022: The Year in Review
The 2% Death Penalty (DPIC)
Too Broken to Fix: An In-depth Look at America’s Outlier Death Penalty Counties Part I and Part II (The Fair Punishment Project)
Articles
Joint Statement from Elected Prosecutors Pledging to Work Towards the Elimination of the Death Penalty, Updated as of March 3, 2022 (includes three DAs in Texas); read the press release regarding the statement
“Capital Punishment: The State of the Death Penalty in Tarrant County and Texas,” blog post by Varghese Summersett PLLC, Fort Worth, Texas (July 14, 2020; updated May 20, 2021)
“Experts discuss cost of the death penalty amid era of growing decline,” Community Impact Newspaper (Richardson edition), March 18, 2020
“Some TX prosecutors have stopped asking for death sentences. Tarrant County’s have not.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, December 17, 2019
“Death penalty, executions grow rarer statewide, though McLennan County cases are pending,” Waco Tribune-Herald, December 17, 2019
“Harris County D.A. Seeks Execution of Intellectually Disabled Man, Lawyer Says”
“Meet a new breed of prosecutor”
“Law and the New Order: A Fresh Wave of District Attorneys Is Redefining Justice”
“The next frontier in criminal justice reform”
“America’s Justice System Has the Wrong Goals”