Woodlands Compounding Pharmacy Demands Texas Return Execution Drugs for Refund
The Woodlands Compounding Pharmacy letter to TDCJ demanding Texas return execution drugs for a refund. Woodlands Compounding Pharmacy Letter to TDCJ by Scott Cobb Previously the AP reported that The Woodlands Compounding Pharmacy was where Texas bought its execution drugs. The nation’s most active death-penalty state has turned to a compounding pharmacy to replace its…read more
14th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty: Saturday November 2, 2013 Texas Capitol
The 14th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty is Saturday November 2, 2013 at 2 PM in Austin, Texas at the Capitol. Meet at the Texas State Capitol Building on the South Side (11th and Congress). After a short pre-march speaker’s program, we will march through the streets of downtown Austin with a stop in…read more
Texas Death Row Suicides
The American-Statesman had an article Sunday entitled “Texas prison suicide rate high among inmates in isolation“. Everyone on Texas death row is held in solitary confinement. The term for solitary confinement is “administrative segregation”. Between 2007 and 2012, the 8,000 to 9,000 state prisoners housed in administrative segregation made up between 5 and 6 percent of…read more
500th Execution in Texas is Currently Set for June 26, 2013
The 500th execution in Texas is now on the schedule. The 500th execution under the current schedule will happen on June 26, 2013 when Kimberly McCarthy is scheduled for execution. There may be stays or additions in the schedule that change the date of the 500th. Right now 497 people have been executed in Texas in the…read more
Texas Death Penalty Report 2012 – 15 Executions, 9 New Death Sentences
Texas executed 15 people in 2012, two more people than in 2011. 73 percent of the people Texas executed in 2012 were people of color, seven African-American and four Hispanics. There were four white people executed by Texas in 2012. Five people were executed from Dallas County, two from Bexar County, two from Montgomery County, one…read more
Get on the Bus From Houston to Austin for 13th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty Nov 3
The 13th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty will be Saturday November 3, 2012 at 2 PM in Austin, Texas at the Capitol. Meet at the Texas State Capitol Building on the South Steps (11th and Congress). If you want to help promote the march, you can download a black and white flyer or a color version and put them…read more
13th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty November 3 at the Texas Capitol in Austin
The 13th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty will be Saturday November 3, 2012 at 2 PM in Austin, Texas at the Capitol. Each autumn since 2000, people from all walks of life and all parts of Texas, the U.S. and other countries have taken a day out of the year and gathered in…read more
Texas Executes Man with IQ of 61; Organizers Make Plans to Rally at 13th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty
The state of Texas has executed Marvin Wilson, a man who shouldn’t have been eligible for the death penalty because of his low IQ. If you are angry that Texas has executed a person with an IQ of 61, then plan to come to the 13th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty at the Texas Capitol…read more
Marvin Wilson’s Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court to Stop Execution in Texas
Here is the appeal submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Marvin Wilson, a man with an intellectual disability who is scheduled for execution in Texas on Tuesday August 7 despite having an IQ of 61. The New York Times says: “The court must stop this cruel and unconstitutional execution of a mentally…read more