Texas Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty

08/14/2026

Texas Conservatives Concerned and Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - TCADP stopped by Pamela Colloff’s book signing at Fabled tonight in Waco. Make sure to pick up your copy of her new book, Catch the Devil! We’re grateful for her dedication to shining a light on wrongful convictions and the flaws of the justice system.

08/13/2026

For the Waco stop of Pamela Colloff’s book tour, please join TCADP and Texas Conservatives Concerned in Waco tonight for a Happy Hour at Cricket’s Draft House and Grill (211 Mary Ave) at 5:45 pm! Approximately a 4 minute walk to Fabled. https://www.pamelacolloff.com

08/06/2026

With 203 exonerations from death row since 1973, do you trust the government to get it right?

On July 23, 2026, Delaware Superior Court Judge Calvin Scott ordered a Certificate of Innocence be issued to Jermaine ​“Marlow” Wright (pic­tured,...

08/05/2026

"The time has come for Southern governors to exercise conscience and courage and bring an end to state sponsored death."

In Oklahoma, Governor Kevin Stitt commuted the death sentence of Tremane Wood. In Alabama, Governor Kay Ivey granted clemency to Charles “Sonny” Burton, commuting his death sentence to life without parole, and in Tennessee, Governor Bill Lee halted the ex*****on of Tony Carruthers after a seriou...

07/28/2026

Join us at the Human Rights Community Fair in Dallas on Saturday, August 15, 2026 from 11am-3pm. Visit our booth to learn about our work and attend our workshop to hear how you can help reduce the use of the death penalty in Texas.

07/17/2026

“If we are to have true justice, judges must be empowered to set a high bar to screen out junk science and protect the innocent.”

It is more important than ever for states to adopt evidence-based standards to ensure that only credible and vetted information is given to juries.

07/08/2026

Read a powerful op-ed from Celeste Dixon, a current Kansas resident whose mother was murdered in Houston, Texas nearly 40 years ago. Her killer was sentenced to death and executed in 2007.

"His death did not heal my pain — I still miss my mother every day — and it did not feel like “justice.”"

I urge Gov. Laura Kelly to commute the death sentences of the nine men on Kansas’ death row to life without parole.

06/24/2026

Join our friends from TCADP this Saturday, June 27, 2026, from 10AM to 12PM at Redefined Coffee in Grapevine (200 W Northwest Hwy, Grapevine, TX 76051) to talk about the latest developments in capital punishment. Hope to see you there!

06/22/2026

Sign up for a webinar on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, at 12:00 to mark the 50th anniversary of Jurek v. Texas, the landmark SCOTUS case that upheld the constitutionality of the death penalty in Texas in 1976. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc4_tZ5Q36udPxngGYdlFXw1fgS2mqnHQAJ_DWHwAi9N5cKrw/viewform

06/17/2026

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court of the United States declined to consider the petition of Charles Don Flores, who has spent more than 25 years on death row in Texas for a crime he did not commit. His conviction was tainted by hypnotically influenced eyewitness testimony - testimony that is now prohibited by state law.

Flores asked the Justices to compel the Texas Court or Criminal Appeals to provide him with a meaningful opportunity to present the evidence of his innocence.

Charles Flores argued that his conviction was improperly based on testimony from a witness who changed her recollection after hypnosis by an investigator.