About 500 people attended the 10th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty on October 24, 2009 at the Texas Capitol in Austin.

Now is the time to join the fight to end the death penalty!

Texas has executed 19 people already in 2009 and has executed 442 people since 1982. Todd Willingham was an innocent person executed by Texas in 2004.

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Texas Death Penalty Education and Resource Center
3616 Far West Blvd, Suite 117, Box 251
Austin, Texas 78731

Texas Death Penalty Education and Resource Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, so donations are tax-deductible.

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Media Coverage

Protesters march to call for an end to executions
Recent remarks by Perry fuel anti-death penalty rally.
By Joshunda Sanders
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Sunday, October 25, 2009

Death penalty opponents rally at Capitol
KXAN Austin
Supporters: Innocent put to death in 2004
Published : Saturday, 24 Oct 2009, 9:03 PM CDT

Hundreds Attend Death Penalty Rally at Texas State Capitol
KVUE, October 24, 2009

Hundreds March in Austin calling for a stop to the death penalty
CBS KEYE TV News
October 24, 2009

10th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty
MyFoxAustin.com

Protesters march against death penalty
San Antonio Express News
October 24, 2009

Death penalty opponents rally at Texas Capitol
By JAY ROOT Associated Press Writer © 2009 The Associated Press
Houston Chronicle
Oct. 24, 2009, 5:33PM

Hundreds gather to march against the death penalty
News 8 Austin
October 24, 2009

Texans rally against death penalty
October 25, 2009
UPI

Perry Sticks To His Guns
Document Will Stay Private
Jim Grimes The 33 News
October 29, 2009

Below are links to media coverage of the petition delivery Tuesday, October 27, that Curtis and Shujaa participated in.

Death penalty opponents call for a moratorium in Texas – Deliver Petition
KVUE.com
October 27, 2009

Exonerated inmates protest Texas death penalty system
New8Austin
October 27, 2009

Activists call for execution freeze
Protestors present death penalty moratorium petition to governor
The Daily Texan
October 28, 2009
By Vidushi Shrimali


6,000 Name Petition Presented to Perry in Hopes to Create Execution Moratorium
KBMT, Beaumont Texas
Bryan Rupp

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