TCADP Webinar: Marking 50 Years of Texas’s Capital Punishment Law
June 30 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
TCADP will hold a special webinar on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM CT to mark the upcoming 50th anniversary of Jurek v. Texas, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of the death penalty in Texas in 1976.
Professor Ana M. Otero, the Eugene Harrington Professor of Law at Thurgood Marshall School of Law in Houston, Texas, will explain the implications of the ruling, which affirmed Texas’s updated capital sentencing procedures, including the notorious “future dangerousness” language.
She will also explain how Jurek emerged from the post-Furman effort to rebuild capital sentencing and how Texas’s statute has evolved over the last 50 years.
She will also explain how Jurek emerged from the post-Furman effort to rebuild capital sentencing and how Texas’s statute has evolved over the last 50 years.
Attendees will gain insight into why Jurek remains central to today’s debates about capital punishment.
This event is free and open to all. You can register for it here:
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