The Abolition Movement is a very active group. We protest each and every execution in Huntsville, we keep in touch with the inmates on Death Row through birthday cards, Christmas cards and news letters, we speak at the Prison Board meetings, we lobby in Austin and we organize and attend many prot...
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Welcome to the website of the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement. We are fighting to abolish the death penalty in the state of Texas and working to improve conditions for inmates on Texas' Death Row.
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@AbolitionTX Twitter feed
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Mother of exoneree honored in Texas Senate t.co/DVcXJWJN3j
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Jackson books detail death row - Life & Arts - The Buffalo News t.co/WILy0h8Ahp via @TheBuffaloNews
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Innocence Commission Clash Impacting Other Bills t.co/7aO7RwaJRC via @TexasTribune
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State Rep Harold Dutton opens our press conference for 2013 Lobby Day
Death Penalty abolitionists from around Texas gathered Wednesday at the Texas Capitol for their bi-annual Texas Lobby Day Against the Death Penalty and Day of Innocence. Activists and death row families visited eve...
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Hearing for HB877, providing for independent oversight of TDCJ Date: March 7, 2013 1:47:40 PM CST Hello, all. I am confirming that Rep. Allen’s bill, HB877, which would create an independent agency providing oversight for TDCJ, is scheduled for a hearing at 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 13... |
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THE ABOLITION MOVEMENT joins in the jubilation of overcoming this hurdle and promises to commit to the financial stability of our home, the S.H.A.P.E. Community Center. We have worked with the family of S.H.A.P.E. to free Clarence Brandley, to fight for Shaka Sankofa and Frances Newton and... |
Minutes – Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement Meeting -- February 5, 2013 1. Welcome and Introductions—We welcomed a new supporter, Dimitri, who had attended our press conf for Anthony Haynes several months ago, two good friends who don’t always get to attend meetings—Leonard and... |
Today a couple of us from the Abolition Movement went to Conroe, Texas, about 40 miles north of Houston, for a hearing for Larry Swearingen asking for DNA testing and a removal of his execution date. Unlike other court hearings for Larry, there was a new judge, Kelly C... |