Last night, September 24, 2024, the State of Texas executed Travis Mullis. In 2011, a jury in Galveston County sentenced Mullis to death for killing his three-month-old son, Alijah. Because Mullis […]
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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 […]
UPDATE: On October 4, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari and agreed to consider Ruben Gutierrez’s claim that he should be allowed to pursue his legal rights to conduct […]
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 […]
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 […]