Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement

fighting for the abolition of the death penalty since the 1990s - we oppose legal lynchings on the grounds that they are racist + anti-poor + ableist

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

With at least 9 of the 16 pending death warrants unlikely to be carried out, it is highly likely that 2023 will be the 9th consecutive year in which fewer than 30 executions will be carried out in the U.S.

[TCADP @TCADPdotORG]

In this lengthy but worthwhile article, the Huffington Post digs into the case of Obel Cruz-Garcia and the ways it exemplifies the use of the death penalty in Harris County, where juries have sentenced nearly 300 people to death since 1974: https://t.co/fgF1QMMKLG

[Gloria Rubac @GloriaRubac1]

Gary was mentally ill when he committed a terrible crime. His last words showed character and love. #StopTheExecutionsNOW!

[Karine Omry @KarineOmry]

1. #InternationalWomensDay Women behind bars are too often forgotten, especially the ones on death row. There are 7 women on Texas death row who need our support (details in the tweet below):
-Erica Sheppard #999144
-Darlie Routier #999220
-Melissa Lucio #999537

[jessica @jettica65]

Today #GaryGreen is scheduled to be executed by the State of #Texas
Please continue to protest! Please continue to let @GovAbbott KNOW that the world is watching that the state of #Texas continuously Kills The Mentally Ill! #SaveGaryGreen Mental Illness is not a crime!

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

The Last Statements of Death Row. Texas executes far more people than any other US state. A Texas prisoner will be executed tomorrow. What do prisoners tend to say in their final words, right before they are killed by the state?https://t.co/VbvSoRMAn2 @brianklaas #deathpenalty

[ACLU @ACLU]

John Balentine, a Black man, was sentenced to death by an all-white jury, and represented by defense lawyers who called his sentence a "justifiable lynching."

No one should be killed by the state. The time to end the racist, unfair and cruel death penalty is now.

[TCADP @TCADPdotORG]

There has been a lot of confusion as to whether the State of Texas will proceed with the scheduled execution of John Balentine tonight, Wednesday, February 8, 2023. We are outraged to share that this morning, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reinstated the execution warrant.

[Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement @abolitionmvmt]

not one more lynching! justice for #JohnBalentine who is set to be executed by Texas today

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

Death row inmate's attorneys called sentence 'justifiable lynching' in 1999 hearing. https://t.co/43Os5EkRxn @UPI @TexDefender @TCADPdotORG @DPInfoCtr #JohnBalentine #deathpenalty

[Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement @abolitionmvmt]

Texas is set to legally lynch #JohnBalentine this evening

the death penalty is racist, anti-poor, and does not deter crime #AbolishTheDeathPenalty

https://t.co/Hn0w1Mqgtw

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

Texas executes Wesley Ruiz despite ongoing fight over state’s use of old lethal injection drugs. https://t.co/hLIC0rW1ZA @TexasTribune @jsmccullou @TexDefender @TCADPdotORG @DPInfoCtr #deathpenalty

[Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement @abolitionmvmt]

there is a legal lynching set to happen in Texas tonight, 1 of 8 scheduled for this year - there’ve been nearly 580 of them in Texas since 1982 which is more than the next 6 states combined

the death penalty in the US is racist and anti-poor, abolish state sanctioned executions!

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

Wesley Ruiz's case is now in the U.S. Supreme Court. His asks SCOTUS to review evidence of jury bias—at least one juror relied on anti-Hispanic racial stereotypes and animus to find that he was a future danger and sentence him to death. https://t.co/K8LZhjsZMQ @DPInfoCtr #Texas

[FADP @FADPorg]

This week, Florida legislators have filed legislation that would reduce the jury vote required to sentence a defendant to death in Florida from 12-0 to 8-4. Read the thoughtful analysis of the bill’s implications by Maria DeLiberato and Melanie Kalmanson https://t.co/NxG9zuaqyN

[jessica @jettica65]

Today #Texas will used expired drugs to kill #WesleyRuiz
There is no line that Texas won’t cross! This is a huge problem! Why do people continue to remain silent?
We can’t continue to condemn others for actions that WE continue to commit! Tell Texas ENOUGH! #EndTheDeathPenalty

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

Ron DeSantis wants to make it much easier for the government to kill people. https://t.co/a3o4Vkw7qM @voxdotcom @imillhiser @DPInfoCtr #Florida #deathpenalty

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

22% of people in state prisons today were homeless/in transitional housing when they were arrested. The data is clear: One of this country’s leading responses to homelessness is incarceration.

[Laura Burstein @LauraBurstein1]

News Release: TX Execution Drugs Expired Years Ago, but State Still Plans to Use Them in Three Upcoming Executions in Violation of Its Own Law. Read statement and filing here: https://t.co/U98jfsMJeu

[Pamela Colloff @pamelacolloff]

“While Texas prisoners can read Hitler's manifesto, the state banned pioneering Black journalist Ida B. Wells' book 'On Lynchings' because its examination of racist vigilante mobs used 'racial slurs.'" By @keribla:

https://t.co/mFhSoe07FN

[Keri Blakinger @keribla]

#breaking Texas has set an execution date for Andre Thomas - the death row prisoner so mentally ill that he gouged out both his eyes and ate one.

He has argued that he is too mentally ill to execute, but apparently the Texas courts still saw fit to set an execution for April 5.

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

Texas has executed Tracy Beatty. He is the 13th person executed in the U.S. in 2022 and the 4th in Texas. @DPInfoCtr #deathpenalty