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Press Release: Widespread Bipartisan Support for Clemency for Robert Roberson, Innocent on TX Death Row – Clemency Petition Filed

LINK TO SEPTEMBER 17 PRESS CONFERENCE: https://tinyurl.com/2waufj3y Contact: Laura Burstein at laura.burstein@squirepb.com or 202-669-3411 Robert Roberson, an Autistic Father Wrongfully Convicted and Sentenced to Death in Texas Based on the Debunked “Shaken Baby Syndrome” […]

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TCADP June 2024 Newsletter: Sharing Ramiro’s story

In this edition: Scheduled executions: Ramiro Gonzales faces execution on June 26, 2024; share his story on social media, watch his clemency video, and sign the petition to save his life In […]

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TCADP January 2020 Alert: A new decade for justice

In this edition of our monthly newsletter, you’ll find information on the nation’s first scheduled execution of the year, as well as details on upcoming film releases, the TCADP 2020 Annual Conference, and recent death penalty developments in Texas and nationwide.

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Attorneys for Chris Young make final plea to Governor Abbott

Breaking: Today, attorneys for Christopher Anthony Young, who faces execution by the State of Texas around 6:00 PM this evening, appealed to Texas Governor Greg Abbott to use his authority to grant Mr. Young a 30-day reprieve.

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Breaking: Attorneys for Chris Young file federal complaint

This afternoon, attorneys for Christopher Anthony Young filed a complaint in federal court in response to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles’ 6 to 0 vote to deny Young’s clemency application.  Young faces execution by the State of Texas on July 17, 2018.

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Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles rejects clemency for Chris Young

BREAKING: Today, July 13, 2018, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, by a vote of xxx, rejected Christopher Anthony Young’s application for clemency.  Young faces execution by the State […]

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Victim’s son opposes execution of Chris Young

Today, June 26, 2018, counsel for Christopher (Chris) Anthony Young filed an application for clemency with the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles asking for a recommendation that his sentence […]

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Breaking: TX Governor commutes death sentence of Thomas Whitaker

On February 22, 2018, just 30 minutes before the execution of Thomas Whitaker was set to begin, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a proclamation sparing his life and commuting his death sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole. It was the first commutation in Texas in more than a decade and only the third since the resumption of executions in 1982.