Journey of Hope…from Violence to Healing is an organization led by murder victim family members that conducts public education speaking tours and addresses alternatives to the death penalty. At least 8 of them will attend the 16th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty on October 24, 2015 at the Texas Capitol at 2 PM….read more
Join us on at the Texas Capitol for the 16th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty. 2 PM Saturday, October 24, 2015 The Texas Capitol South Steps Austin, Texas Alfred Dewayne Brown is coming to the 16th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty. Dewayne was released on June 8, 2015 after more than 10…read more
We just received some pictures of Alfred Dewayne Brown back at home. He is happy to be back together with his family and able to smell the fresh air every day. In addition to learning how touch screen cell phones work, he enjoys feeding the horses everyday, one of the activities he longed to do…read more
On June 8, 2015, Alfred Dewayne Brown walked free for the first time after more than ten years in solitary confinement on Texas death row for a crime he did not commit. Today we reached a milestone in our collective effort to help him rebuild his life. We hit $3,585 raised and we still have…read more
Rep. Harold Dutton’s HB 1032, a bill to abolish the death penalty in Texas, is scheduled for a public hearing in the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence on Wednesday, April 29, 2015. The meeting room is E2.030. The hearing starts at 10:30 AM or upon adjournment of the Texas House of Representatives. On the same day, the…read more
Senator Eddie Lucio has filed legislation to abolish the death penalty. This is the first time a senator has ever filed legislation to completely abolish the death penalty in Texas. On the recent Statewide Texas Lobby Day to Abolish the Death Penalty on March 3, death row exonerees Ron Keine and Sabrina Butler from Witness…read more
Rep. Harold Dutton of Houston today filed HB 1032, a bill to abolish the death penalty in Texas. Rep Dutton first filed a bill to abolish the death penalty in 2003, which was the first abolition bill filed in the Texas Legislature in a long time up to that year. When no one else was…read more
Scheduled Executions in Texas Texas has passed 500 executions in the modern era since the 1976 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the death penalty was constitutional. Texas conducted its first execution after the ruling in 1982. To express your opposition to any execution, you can contact the Governor’s office at 512 463 2000. If you…read more
Scott Panetti is a severely mentally ill man who has suffered from schizophrenia for more than 30 years. He is scheduled for execution in Texas just weeks from today, on December 3rd. This is the enduring image of Mr. Panetti is from his capital trial, at which he was permitted to represent himself despite his obvious…read more
This video was taken Nov 2, 2013 at the 14th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty. Where will you be on Saturday October 25, 2014? Why not come to Houston that day for the 15th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty. That’s right. Texans opposed to the death penalty, and our friends from…read more