TCADP

Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty engages in outreach, education, and advocacy to raise awareness of the flaws and failures of the death penalty.

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

A Veterans Day Review: Led by Florida, the Country is on Pace to Execute 11 Veterans in 2026, Exceeding Last Year’s Total — While Historic California Clemency Grant Spares 50 Veterans. https://t.co/ua1oS5j5vy @DPInfoCtr @uscedp #deathpenalty

[Laura Burstein @LauraBurstein1]

U.S. Death Penalty Support Drops Below Majority Level https://t.co/vlq93QGTBz

[U.S. Campaign to End the Death Penalty @uscedp]

📣 Governor Gavin Newsom just announced plans to commute all death sentences in California! Send him a thank you message today: https://t.co/sCl3KmKkNE

@RDunhamDP @amnestyusa @ellabakercenter @NAACP_LDF @helenprejean @WCADP

[Equal Justice Initiative @eji_org]

“Today I am acting on my long and deeply held conviction that individually and collectively we are stronger as a society when we reject state-sanctioned killing,” Gov. Newsom wrote when announcing he would commute the state's 548 death sentences.
https://t.co/9dpU0MniMC

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

Newsom Commutes the Sentences of California’s 548 Death Row Inmates. Gov. Gavin Newsom, in one of his last acts, commuted the sentences of all prisoners with death sentences, calling capital punishment morally objectionable. That’s about a quarter of death sentences nationwide. https://t.co/bFtPuSOfWa @nytimes @LaurelRosenhall @DPFocus @SmartJusticeCA @uscedp #deathpenalty

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

.@CAgovernor @GavinNewsom has released this open letter to the people of California explaining his decision to commute the death sentences of all of the prisoners on the state's death row
https://t.co/nrzMhyDRaX @DPFocus @SmartJusticeCA @uscedp @amnesty @hrw @ACLU @NAACP_LDF #deathpenalty

[Laura Burstein @LauraBurstein1]

Watch @JohnGrisham on #RobertRoberson’s “shaken baby syndrome” death penalty innocence case on today’s @TheView: https://t.co/NRy4KhL52X

[Laura Burstein @LauraBurstein1]

BRKG ATTY STMT: AL Gov. commutes #ToforestJohnson’s death sentence. “We are grateful to Governor Ivey for diligently reviewing Toforest’s case and taking action to spare an innocent man from execution.” More here: https://t.co/auFkHSmHjf

[Innocence Project @innocence]

In 1997, 26-year-old Curtis Flowers was wrongfully convicted of murder.

Six trials — deliberated by nearly all white juries — four death sentences, and 23 years in prison, all for a crime Curtis never committed. He was eventually exonerated in 2020, and remained a powerful voice against racial bias in the criminal legal system.

Curtis passed away last week at his home in Mississippi. His story serves as a stark reminder that the fight for criminal and racial justice reform remains as urgent as ever.

Read more about his story.

https://t.co/5yRflgOzs7

[POLITICO @politico]

BREAKING: Trump is calling off the livestream of the Fort Hood shooter’s execution following widespread backlash.
https://t.co/QpfgnJfB8x

[POLITICO @politico]

Hegseth faces bipartisan backlash over public execution for Fort Hood shooter https://t.co/K4bHGpaLSE

[Innocence Project @innocence]

Curtis Flowers spent nearly 23 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Mississippi tried him six times. He died Wednesday at 56. We honor his life and his long fight for freedom. https://t.co/GbJJH8T9tQ

[NBC News @NBCNews]

Curtis Flowers, a Black man who spent more than 22 years in prison and was on death row in Mississippi before the U.S. Supreme Court threw out his conviction and death sentence, dies at 56. https://t.co/ET0qTAnJ5K

[Keri Blakinger @keribla]

Last words of Jamaal Howard, who was executed tonight in Texas:

[TCADP @TCADPdotORG]

The State of Texas executed Jamaal Howard this evening after the Supreme Court and Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refused to intervene. https://t.co/8KWwO6yQ3n

[SCOTUS Wire @scotus_wire]

BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied a stay of execution for Texas death row inmate Jamaal Howard, who argued that his intellectual disability makes his execution unconstitutional, drawing a noted dissent from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

[TCADP @TCADPdotORG]

The Supreme Court of the United States has denied all of Jamaal Howard's pending stay applications and petitions, clearing the way for his execution to proceed tonight.

[TCADP @TCADPdotORG]

Around 6:30 PM, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied leave to file the original habeas petition and denied the motion to stay the execution.

[TCADP @TCADPdotORG]

Read the latest on Jamaal Howard from @AP. We are still waiting to hear from SCOTUS and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. https://t.co/8KWwO6znSV

[TCADP @TCADPdotORG]

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has denied Jamaal Howard leave to file the original habeas petition & denied the motion to stay the execution. Counsel for Mr. Howard had sought a 30-day stay to obtain and review the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s lethal drug records.