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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stays execution of Robert Jennings

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has stayed the execution of Robert Jennings. Scheduled to be executed on September 14, 2016, Jennings has spent more than 25 years on death […]

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TCADP September 2016 Alert: More than four months since last Texas execution

In this edition: Scheduled executions: Three executions stopped last month by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Announcements: Seeking Lobby Corps members and Annual Award nominations In case you missed it: […]

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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stays execution of Rolando Ruiz

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has stayed the execution of Rolando Ruiz, who was scheduled to be executed on August 31st. His appeal questioned the deficiency of his trial counsel and […]

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New report: Too Broken to Fix: An In-depth Look at America’s Outlier Death Penalty Counties

A new report from the Fair Punishment Project at Harvard Law School offers an in-depth look at how the death penalty is operating in the small handful of counties across […]

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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stays execution of Jeff Wood

Breaking news:  The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has issued an order staying the execution of Jeff Wood and remanding his case to the trial court for consideration on his claims […]

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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stays execution of Robert Pruett

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has stayed the execution of Robert Pruett “pursuant to the appeal pending in the DNA case.”  Pruett was scheduled to be executed on August 23rd […]

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Evangelical leaders support clemency for Jeff Wood

Nearly 50 Evangelical leaders from Texas and across the country have appealed to Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles asking them to spare Jeff Wood’s life. Wood is scheduled for execution on August 24, 2016, even though he was not the triggerman, had no previous criminal history, and suffers from borderline intellectual functioning and mental illness.

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Take action to stop the unjust execution of Jeff Wood

The State of Texas is scheduled to execute Jeff Wood on August 24, despite the fact that he did not kill anyone. Wood was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to […]