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Last Entry: May 14, 2013 at 01:18:00

Execution Watch: Jefferey Williams, May 15

Posted on May 14, 2013
Jefferey D. WilliamsHUNTSVILLE, Texas - The Lone Star State is set to draw closer Wednesday to the ignoble distinction of having put to death 500 people in the modern era of the death penalty, far more than any other state. Texas plans to kill Jefferey D...

Execution Watch: Carroll Joe Parr, May 7, 2013

Posted on May 05, 2013
Carroll Joe ParrHUNTSVILLE, Texas - Carroll Joe Parr, whose childhood neglect and abuse were extreme even by death-row standards, is slated to be put to death Tuesday. His would be the 497th Texas execution in the modern death-penalty era. No other state comes close for volume...

Execution Watch: Richard Cobb, April 25

Posted on April 23, 2013
Richard CobbHUNTSVILLE - Texas is preparing to put to death Richard Cobb Thursday in what would be the state's 496th execution of the modern death-penalty era.No other state has put more citizens to death. The closest, Virginia, has executed 110.RADIO SHOW PREVIEWEXECUTION WATCHUnless a stay is issued, we'll broadcast live:Thurs, 25 April 2013, 6-7 PM Central TimeKPFT FM Houston 90...

Execution Watch: Ronnie Paul Threadgill 4/16

Posted on April 14, 2013
Ronnie Paul ThreadgillHUNTSVILLE - Texas is preparing to carry out its 495th execution of the modern era Tuesday, the date for Ronnie Paul Threadgill.The Lone Star State is fast approaching its 500th execution. No other state is even close. Since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, second-place Virginia has executed 110...

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Star-Telegram: "I'm a 21st century abolitionist and I'm proud of it," Burnam declares

Posted on March 14, 2013
Nice news article about our Lobby Day Against the Death Penalty today from Dave Montgomery of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.AUSTIN -- With Texas moving closer to its 500th execution, Rep. Lon Burnam on Wednesday described himself as a "21st century abolitionist" and denounced the death penalty as "a gross example of institutionalized racism...

2013 Statewide Texas Lobby Day Against the Death Penalty ? March 13 in Austin at the Capitol

Posted on March 10, 2013
The 2013 Statewide Texas Lobby Day Against the Death Penalty is Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Special guests include death row exoneree Clarence Brandley. All Texas death row exonerees will be honored with a resolution by the Texas House of Representatives...

Execution Watch: Carl Henry Blue 2/21

Posted on February 20, 2013
Carl Henry BlueHUNTSVILLE, Texas - Prison workers are preparing for Thursday's scheduled execution of Carl Henry Blue. Barring a stay, his will be the 493rd execution during the modern era for Texas, where more than one-third of U.S. executions occur...

Ten reasons why Georgia should not execute Warren Hill

Posted on February 19, 2013
Georgia planes to carry out another egregious execution tonight....this time of a man diagnosed by several doctors of being "mentally retarded", despite the US. Supreme Court's ban on these types of executions.This Guardian articles explains the multiple issues in this case: Ten reasons why Georgia should not execute Warren Hill Since the Guardian first listed in July the reasons why Hill ? who has been classified as mentally disabled ? should not be executed, the case for sparing him has grown even stronger...

Kevin Cooper is Innocent on California's Death Row!

Posted on February 05, 2013
By: Dan Sharber This is a review of Scapegoat: The Chino Hills Murders and the Framing of Kevin Cooper by J. Patrick O'Connor, published in 2012 by Strategic Media Books. Kevin Cooper is an innocent man on death row in California. And if you have been around the anti-death penalty movement for any amount of time, you most likely know this or have at least heard of Kevin Cooper...

Execution Watch: Kimberly McCarthy Jan. 29

Posted on January 27, 2013
Kimberly McCarthy faces execution TuesdayTuesday is Jan. 29. It's also the day Texas plans to execute KIMBERLY McCARTHY, a former crack addict who was sentenced to death for the 1997 slaying of an elderly woman during a home robbery near Dallas. Unless a stay is issued, Execution Watch will broadcast live coverage of McCarthy's execution, starting at 6 p...

Execution Watch: Hernandez 11/14, Hughes 11/15

Posted on November 12, 2012
Ramon Hernandez Preston HughesHUNTSVILLE, Tex. -- Texas has chosen the week before Thanksgiving to execute two men back-to-back...

Execution Watch: Mario Swain, 11/8

Posted on November 06, 2012
Mario SwainHUNTSVILLE, Tex. - Texas plans Thursday to put to death Mario Swain, convicted of murder following a three-day trial in which a prosecution-requested jury shuffle put more whites at the front of the panel of prospective jurors. Execution Watch will broadcast live coverage and commentary...

Execution Watch: Donnie Roberts 10/31

Posted on October 29, 2012
Donnie RobertsOn Halloween, Gov. Rick Perry will preside over his 250th execution when Donnie Roberts is put to death by lethal injection. Execution Watch will broadcast coverage and commentary.RADIO SHOW PREVIEWEXECUTION WATCHUnless a stay is issued, we'll broadcast live:Wed...

Execution Watch: Bobby Hines 10/24

Posted on October 23, 2012
Bobby HinesHUNTSVILLE, Texas --Bobby Hines is the next person whose name appears on the Texas hit list.Unless Hines receives a stay, his will be the 249th execution under Gov. Rick Perry and the 11th of 2012. Execution Watch will provide coverage and comentary...

Execution Watch: Anthony Haynes, 10/18

Posted on October 17, 2012
Anthony HaynesTexas plans to execute Anthony Haynes Thursday. Unless he gets a stay of execution, Execution Watch will broadcast live coverage and commentary.RADIO SHOW PREVIEWEXECUTION WATCHThurs., Oct. 18, 2012, 6-7 PM Central TimeKPFT FM Houston 90...

Sarge Foster, Presente!

Posted on September 26, 2012
by Gloria Rubac Tonight the state of Texas murdered a man who was my friend and a friend to so many all over the country and the world. Cleve "Sarge" Foster was a son to Mary, a father to Michael, a grandfather to Yuri, a father-in-law to Rowan and brother to Susie and a number of siblings...

Texas executed Sarge Cleve Foster tonight

Posted on September 26, 2012
It was so hard for Sarge's son Michael to let his father go. Michael and Sarge loved each other and this death will hurt so many for so long.Picture by Gloria Rubac

Execution Watch: Cleve 'Sarge' Foster 9/25

Posted on September 23, 2012
Cleve 'Sarge' FosterHUNTSVILLE, Texas -- Undeterred by its three futile attempts last year to execute Cleve "Sarge" Foster, Texas is trying a fourth time.The state responsible for one-third of all U.S. executions in the modern era intends to put the Army veteran to death Tuesday for participating in a murder for which his co-defendant claimed sole responsibility...

Execution Watch: Robert Harris 9/20

Posted on September 18, 2012
Robert HarrisTexas plans to execute Thursday a man whose attorneys say he is mentally impaired and therefore ineligible for execution. Unless the courts intervene, Robert Harris will be strapped to a gurney and put to death with a deliberate drug overdose...

Execution Watch: John Balentine

Posted on August 21, 2012
John Balentine faces execution Wednesday.By Execution WatchJohn Balentine of Texas death row has beaten the grim reaper twice. He's trying for a third time.Texas plans to execute him Wednesday. If the courts reject his last-minute appeals and Texas goes forward, Execution Watch will broadcast coverage, commentary and analysis of unresolved issues in the state killing...

Execution Watch: Marvin Wilson, Aug. 7

Posted on August 06, 2012
Marvin Wilson, set for execution in Texas Aug. 7By Elizabeth SteinProducer, Execution WatchNo one disagrees that Marvin Wilson meets widely accepted criteria for mental retardation. No one disagrees the Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional the execution of people who are mentally retarded...

Anti-Death Penalty Activists Found Guilty for Protest - Four to Collectively Serve 75 days in DC Jail

Posted on June 29, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, 13 death penalty abolition activists went on trial in DC Superior Court to face a charge stemming from a January 17 arrest this year at the U.S. Supreme Court. On that date, 14 protestors unfurled a 30 foot banner, which read "STOP EXECUTIONS!" on the steps of the Court...

A graphic on Policy Bruality and your Rights

Posted on June 25, 2012
Created by: Criminology.com

Rick Perry Could Reach 250 Executions by End of 2012

Posted on June 22, 2012
250 executions under one Governor. It is an almost unbelievable number, but it could happen by the end of 2012. As of today, 243 people have been executed since Texas Governor Rick Perry took office in 2000. More people have been executed under Perry than under any other governor in U...

From Death Row to Exoneration: Former Texas Prisoner Anthony Graves on Surviving Solitary Confinement

Posted on June 22, 2012
In a rare interview, former Texas death row prisoner Anthony Graves joins us to recount his experience in solitary confinement and how he was fully exonerated and released from prison in 2010. Graves was convicted in 1994 of assisting Robert Carter, a man he barely knew, in the brutal murders of six people...

Execution Watch: Anthony Bartee

Posted on May 01, 2012
Anthony BarteeBy Execution WatchHUNTSVILLE, Texas -- Texas plans to put to death Anthony Bartee Wednesday at 6 p.m. despite lingering questions about tests of crime-scene evidence. Unless Bartee receives a stay, Execution Watch will broadcast live coverage and commentary designed to show the reality, versus the rhetoric, of the Texas death penalty...

Execution Watch: Beunka Adams

Posted on April 26, 2012
Beunka Adams' case has been on a roller coaster over the past few days, with a stay of execution issued Monday, the stay lifted Wednesday, and the U.S. Supreme Court expected to rule Thursday on whether his execution will take place as scheduled that evening...

Bob Ray Sanders: Time to end death penalty in Texas

Posted on April 11, 2012
That's the title of Bob Ray Sander's column at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Two events last week -- one in the Connecticut Senate chamber, the other in a Dallas courtroom -- helped once again to focus attention on two of the nation's most glaring flaws: wrongful convictions and capital punishment...

Execution Watch: Jesse Hernandez, Wednesday

Posted on March 27, 2012
Jesse HernandezThe state that carries out more executions than any other plans to put to death Jessie Hernandez Wednesday. The state killing will be covered live on Execution Watch, KPFT FM 90.1 Houston.Unless a stay is issued, the show will broadcast from 6 to 7 p...

EXECUTION WATCH: KEITH THURMOND MARCH 7

Posted on March 06, 2012
Keith ThurmondBy Execution WatchKPFT FM 90.1 HoustonHUNTSVILLE, Texas -- The busiest death chamber in the industrialized West is preparing to put the 480th notch in its belt since the U.S. Supreme Court reopened the gates to the death penalty in 1976...

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