Texas Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty

06/09/2026

Clarence Jordan has been a death row inmate for 48 years, yet his ex*****on was never carried out. Jordan, now 70, was convicted of the 1977 murder and robbery of Houston grocery store worker, Joe Williams.

06/02/2026

"Before the state takes a life, they should be required to answer a simple, foundational question: Did they get the right person? In this case, Tennessee is refusing to find out. Regardless of where you land on the death penalty, that should stop you in your tracks."

05/31/2026

05/22/2026

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05/20/2026

Our new op-ed in the Austin American-Statesman: Texas’ 600th ex*****on demands a reckoning on death penalty (gifted article)

Edward Busby’s ex*****on underscores the arbitrariness, cost and moral failures of Texas’ death penalty system, Nan Tolson writes.

05/15/2026

Our statement on tonight's ex*****on of Edward Busby Jr., marking the 600th ex*****on in Texas' modern death penalty era. https://bit.ly/4drQh04

05/12/2026

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05/12/2026

An informative write-up on the state of the Texas death penalty as we approach the 600th ex*****on. The facts don't lie -- it remains arbitrary, biased, expensive, and prone to error.

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