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Home / Regional / North America / United States / Texas / Society and Culture / Issues / Death Penalty
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- Death Penalty in Texas: Lethal Injustice - [Amnesty International] Article about how death penalty is applied in Texas, focusing on race, poverty, juveniles, mentally ill or retarded, prosecutorial misconduct, the lack of competent legal representation, the misuse of psychiatric evaluation, appeals courts, clemency process, and conditions on death row. Includes case studies for each major argument.
www.web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/index/AMR510101998
- Lamp of Hope Project - Founded by Texas Death Row prisoners to educate the public about the death penalty and alternatives, and to support victims' and prisoners' families. Includes prisoner writings and crafts, penpal information, and mailing list.
www.lampofhope.org/index.html
- Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation (MVFR) of Texas - Organization of family members of victims of both homicide and state killings who oppose the death penalty in all cases. Includes victim stories, events, and victim resources.
www.members.tripod.com/mvfr-texas
- Robert Fratta - Site for the defense of death row inmate Robert Fratta. Includes copies of court motions, letters to officials including Governors George W. Bush and Rick Perry, a list of civil rights violations, excerpts from trial transcripts, and excerpts from a book written by Fratta titled ADAM (A Democratic Absolute Monarchy).
www.robertfratta.com
- Shadow Figures: A Portrait of Life on Texas Death Row - By Suzanne Donovan. [Mother Jones] Article about life on Death Row in Texas.
www.motherjones.com/news_wire/deathrow.html
- Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Inclusive organization composed of human rights activists, death row prisoners and their families, crime victims and their families, persons working within the criminal justice system, persons opposed to capital punishment on religious and moral grounds, and other concerned citizens. Includes membership form, facts and figures, current news, and events.
www.tcadp.org
- Texas Death Penalty Resource Guide - Includes statistics for death row inmates and executions, a list of the drugs used in lethal injection, a description of the witnessing and clemency procedures, and information about how much death row costs the state of Texas.
www.wf.net/~connally/txreadinessplan.html
- Texas Defender Service - Non-profit law firm representing death row inmates, tracking the status of death penalty cases, and recruiting private law firms to represent inmates. Includes a directory of expert witnesses, donation information, and staff profiles.
www.texasdefender.org
- Texas Department of Criminal Justice: Death Row Information - Includes a list of death row inmates, gender and racial statistics including executions per year, a list of scheduled and completed executions, a list of inmates no longer on death row, and final meal requests and the media witness list for each inmate.
www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/deathrow.htm
- Texas Moratorium Network - Grassroots coalition of individuals and organizations working to establish a temporary moratorium on executions. Includes newsletters, events, legislative updates, and a news forum.
www.texasmoratorium.org
- Why Is Texas #1 in Executions? - By Ned Walpin. [PBS, Frontline] Explains the legal and cultural reasons for why Texas executes far more people than any other state and does so at a far higher rate than any other state.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/execution/readings/texas.html
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