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TCADP September 2026 Newsletter: A new season of action

In this edition: Scheduled executions: Two executions set for September  Advocacy in action: Support clemency for Ker’Sean Ramey TCADP 2027 Annual Conference: Nominate an individual or organization for an annual award […]

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TCADP Action Alert: Support Clemency for Ker’Sean Ramsey

Ker’Sean Olajuwa Ramey faces execution on September 23, 2026, despite profound constitutional violations that led to his conviction and death sentence. Ramey was convicted of killing Sam Roberts, Tiffani Peacock, […]

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TCADP August 2026 Newsletter: Taking time for community

In this edition: Scheduled executions: Executions of codefendants set for September  In case you missed it: Death Penalty Information Center’s 2026 Mid-Year Update Upcoming events: TCADP Book Group Meeting on August 5 (on […]

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TCADP July 2026 Newsletter: After 50 years, the death penalty experiment has failed

In this edition: Scheduled executions: No executions this summer in Texas Case updates: Supreme Court declines to review the Texas death penalty cases of Charles Flores and Victor Saldaño; Clarence Jordan […]

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TCADP June 2026 Newsletter: A time for reflection

In this edition: Scheduled executions: No executions for the next three months in Texas In case you missed it: City of Austin agrees to pay $35 million in restitution to men […]

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State of Texas executes Edward Busby

Tonight, May 14, 2026, the State of Texas executed Edward Lee Busby, Jr., despite unanimous expert findings-and even the State’s own position-that he is intellectually disabled and ineligible for execution. […]

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TCADP May 2026 Newsletter: Another Texas execution set for this month

In this edition: Scheduled executions: Edward Busby faces execution on May 14 despite meeting the criteria for intellectual disability  Case updates: Court overturns death sentence of Clarence Jordan nearly 50 years […]

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State of Texas executes James Broadnax

Tonight, April 30, 2026, the State of Texas executed James Broadnax for murders he did not commit. James was sentenced to death at age 20 by a nearly all-white jury in Dallas in […]