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State of Texas executes Jamaal Howard

Tonight, October 7, 2026, the State of Texas executed Jamaal Howard for killing clerk Vickie Swartout while robbing a gas station in 2000 in Silsbee, Texas (Hardin County). He was […]

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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 Blaine Milam

After four months without executions in Texas, the State put Blaine Milam to death on September 25, 2025. Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court of the United States denied […]

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State of Texas executes Arthur Burton

Last night, August 7, 2024, the State of Texas executed Arthur Lee Burton. Burton was convicted of assaulting and killing Nancy Adleman, a mother of three who was jogging near […]

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TCADP May 2024 Newsletter: Updates on Texas innocence cases

In this edition: Scheduled executions: Dates set for Ramiro Gonzales and Ruben Gutierrez Case updates: Significant developments in the innocence cases of Melissa Lucio and Robert Roberson; two men removed […]

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State of Texas executes Arthur Brown

On March 9, 2023, the State of Texas carried out its second execution of the week, putting Arthur Brown to death significant evidence of his innocence and intellectual disability. In […]

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New Report from TCADP: Texas Death Penalty Developments in 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2021, 12:01 AM EASTERN CONTACT: Kristin Houlé Cuellar, Executive Director512-552-5948 (cell)kristin@tcadp.org   www.tcadp.org@TCADPdotORG #TXDP2021 Texas’s death penalty mired in a mess of its own making as inconsistencies, […]