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TCADP August 2025 Newsletter: One case remanded, two executions pending in Texas

In this edition: Scheduled executions: Two executions set for the fall in Texas Update on innocence cases: Robert Roberson seeks stay of execution while Court considers new evidence of his innocence In […]

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TCADP May 2025 Newsletter: Life, mercy, and justice

In this edition:  Scheduled executions: Texas set to execute Matthew Johnson on May 20 In case you missed it: New reports document global use of the death penalty and exonerations […]

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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals grants stay of execution to David Wood

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has granted a stay of execution to David Wood, who was scheduled to be put to death on Thursday, March 13, 2025. Wood has spent more than […]

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TCADP REPORT: Evidence of innocence and racial bias on stark display as Texas maintains historically low use of the death penalty

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETHURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2024 CONTACT: Kristin Houlé Cuellar, TCADP Executive Director512-552-5948 (cell)kristin@tcadp.org   www.tcadp.org           @TCADPdotORG #TXDP2024 TCADP REPORT: Evidence of innocence and racial bias on stark display as Texas maintains historically low […]

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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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TCADP March 2024 Newsletter: Lamenting the execution of Ivan Cantu; Texas primary election day; and new TCADP t-shirts

In this edition: Scheduled executions: Lamenting the execution of Ivan Cantu; stay for James Harris, Jr.; national developments TCADP 2024 Annual Conference: TCADP supporters from across Texas and other states […]

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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stays the execution of Will Speer

UPDATE AS OF 2:00 PM, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2023: This afternoon, less than five hours before he was set to be put to death, Will Speer was granted a stay […]

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TCADP July 2023 Newsletter: “Hopefulness is our superpower.”

In this edition: Scheduled executions: Texas schedules two more executions for later this year In case you missed it: Barry Jones released after 29 years on death row in Arizona; attorneys […]