TCADP http://tcadp.org Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:44:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Jury Imposes First New Death Sentence in Hays County in 20 Years http://tcadp.org/2013/06/13/jury-imposes-first-new-death-sentence-in-hays-county-in-20-years/ http://tcadp.org/2013/06/13/jury-imposes-first-new-death-sentence-in-hays-county-in-20-years/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:54:27 +0000 Kristin http://tcadp.org/?p=5898 Earlier today, the jury in the capital murder trial of Willie Roy Jenkins sentenced him to death for the 1975 murder of Sheryl Ann Norris in San Marcos.  It was the first new death sentence in Hays County in 20 years and occurred after nearly two weeks of testimony in the punishment phase of the trial, according [...]

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]]> http://tcadp.org/2013/06/13/jury-imposes-first-new-death-sentence-in-hays-county-in-20-years/feed/ 0 State of Texas Executes Elroy Chester, Moves Closer to 500th Execution Since 1982 http://tcadp.org/2013/06/13/state-of-texas-executes-elroy-chester-moves-closer-to-500th-execution-since-1982/ http://tcadp.org/2013/06/13/state-of-texas-executes-elroy-chester-moves-closer-to-500th-execution-since-1982/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:36:19 +0000 Kristin http://tcadp.org/?p=5896 Last night, June 12, 2013, the State of Texas executed Elroy Chester for the 1998 shooting death of Port Arthur firefighter Willie Ryman III, who discovered Chester sexually assaulting his nieces during a home invasion.  He was convicted in Jefferson County.  Chester pled guilty to Ryman’s murder and admitted to four other slayings during a six-month crime [...]

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]]> http://tcadp.org/2013/06/13/state-of-texas-executes-elroy-chester-moves-closer-to-500th-execution-since-1982/feed/ 0 Must-see powerful new video: “A Broken Promise in Texas: Race, the Death Penalty and the Duane Buck Case” http://tcadp.org/2013/06/10/must-see-powerful-new-video-a-broken-promise-in-texas-race-the-death-penalty-and-the-duane-buck-case/ http://tcadp.org/2013/06/10/must-see-powerful-new-video-a-broken-promise-in-texas-race-the-death-penalty-and-the-duane-buck-case/#comments Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:25:24 +0000 Kristin http://tcadp.org/?p=5887 Racial bias has no place in the administration of justice – tell that to Harris County, Texas. Duane Buck, sentenced to death in Harris County in 1997, may soon be at risk of execution despite the fact that his death sentence is the clear product of racial discrimination. A powerful new video – narrated by former Texas [...]

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]]> http://tcadp.org/2013/06/10/must-see-powerful-new-video-a-broken-promise-in-texas-race-the-death-penalty-and-the-duane-buck-case/feed/ 0 TCADP June 2013 Alert: Texas Set to Carry Out 500th Execution This Month http://tcadp.org/2013/06/05/tcadp-june-2013-alert-texas-set-to-carry-out-500th-execution-this-month/ http://tcadp.org/2013/06/05/tcadp-june-2013-alert-texas-set-to-carry-out-500th-execution-this-month/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:26:38 +0000 Vicki McCuistion http://tcadp.org/?p=5877 The State of Texas is scheduled to carry out two executions this month, including its likely 500th execution since 1982.

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]]> http://tcadp.org/2013/06/05/tcadp-june-2013-alert-texas-set-to-carry-out-500th-execution-this-month/feed/ 0 New death sentence imposed in Hunt County http://tcadp.org/2013/05/31/new-death-sentence-imposed-in-hunt-county/ http://tcadp.org/2013/05/31/new-death-sentence-imposed-in-hunt-county/#comments Fri, 31 May 2013 22:57:24 +0000 Kristin http://tcadp.org/?p=5873 Late this afternoon, May 31, 2013, the jury in the capital murder trial of Micah Crofford Brown determined that he should be put to death for killing his ex-wife, Stella Michelle “Doc” Ray, in 2011.  This is the first death sentence out of Hunt County since 2007.  Read more about the case from the Herald Banner. [...]

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]]> http://tcadp.org/2013/05/31/new-death-sentence-imposed-in-hunt-county/feed/ 0 U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Texas Death Penalty Case: Trevino v. Thaler http://tcadp.org/2013/05/30/u-s-supreme-court-rules-in-texas-death-penalty-case-trevino-v-thaler/ http://tcadp.org/2013/05/30/u-s-supreme-court-rules-in-texas-death-penalty-case-trevino-v-thaler/#comments Thu, 30 May 2013 21:14:29 +0000 Kristin http://tcadp.org/?p=5870 *Updated June 4, 2013*  According to the Associated Press, the U.S. Supreme Court has ordered the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review six Texas death penalty cases – including four  from Harris County – in light of last week’s ruling in Trevino v. Thaler.  One of the cases involves an inmate who was [...]

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]]> http://tcadp.org/2013/05/30/u-s-supreme-court-rules-in-texas-death-penalty-case-trevino-v-thaler/feed/ 0 Dallas County Jury Imposes New Death Sentence http://tcadp.org/2013/05/23/dallas-county-jury-imposes-new-death-sentence/ http://tcadp.org/2013/05/23/dallas-county-jury-imposes-new-death-sentence/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 22:23:52 +0000 Kristin http://tcadp.org/?p=5860 A Dallas County jury has sentenced Naim Rasool Muhammad to death for drowning his two young sons, Elijah and Naim, in 2011.  The jury deliberated for less than 10 minutes before convicting Naim Muhammad of capital murder.  After hearing closing arguments in the penalty phase of the trial earlier today, the jury returned three hours later [...]

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