Last night, June 26, 2024, the State of Texas executed Ramiro Gonzales for the 2001 kidnapping, rape, and murder of Bridget Townsend in Medina County. These crimes occurred barely two months after Ramiro’s […]
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In this edition: Scheduled executions: Sign Sister Helen Prejean’s petition to stop the execution of Ivan Cantu, set for February 28, 2024 TCADP 2024 Annual Conference: Join us in Fort […]
On November 16, 2023, the State of Texas executed David Renteria for a crime he maintained he did not commit. Renteria was convicted and sentenced to death in El Paso County for […]
A terrible injustice took place in Texas last night. The State executed Brent Brewer on November 9, 2023, more than 32 years after he was convicted of killing Robert Laminack […]
Late last night, on October 10, 2023, the State of Texas executed Jedidiah Murphy after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his final appeal. Earlier in the evening, the Court vacated […]
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 […]
In this edition: Scheduled executions: A summer without executions in Texas In case you missed it: U.S. Supreme Court grants stay to Richard Glossip; new reports on exonerations, use of […]
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 […]