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Rodrick and Sandra Reed to Speak at March to Abolish the Death Penalty

23rd Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty is Oct 22, 2022 at 2pm in Austin on the South Steps of the Texas Capitol, speakers include Rodrick Reed and Sandra Reed, brother and mother of Rodney Reed. They were both in Washington D.C. October 10, 2022 for a hearing at the U.S. Supreme Court on […]

Sara Hickman to Perform at 23rd Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty

The 23rd Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty is at 2 pm on October 22 in Austin. Sara Hickman has accepted an invitation to perform at the event. She was invited by Terri Been, the sister of Jeff Wood. Jeff is on death row under the Law of Parties for a murder he did […]

23rd Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty Oct 22, 2022 in Austin Texas

The 23rd Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty will be held in Austin, Texas on Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 2pm at the Texas Capitol.

Texas’ 22nd Annual March & Rally will be virtual again this year

Texas’ 22nd Annual March & Rally will be virtual again this year  Here’s the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_-v5M9RfjQ8S9PE3gx9FA5A WOW! We have an exciting, informative and motivating lineup. Don’t miss a minute! **Sabrina Butler-Smith and Pam Perillo who both spent years on death row. **Music from the Free Radicals, Marilyn Santoyo (6 yrs old!) & Trey Legall. **Poetry […]

22nd Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty Saturday, December 4, 2021

The 22nd Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty will take place Saturday, December 4, 2021. The event will take place online again this year.

Elsa Alcala Speaking at 21st Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty

The 21st Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty was online this year October 10, 2020 in order to keep everyone as safe as possible during the pandemic. Here is one of the speakers, Elsa Alcala, a former Republican judge on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Sponsors included: Austin Abolitionists, Texas Death Penalty Abolition […]

21st Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty Online Saturday, October 10, 2020 at Noon.

The 21st Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty will be held online on Saturday, October 10, 2020 at noon. Information on how to watch the stream will be posted soon.

Speakers at 21st Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty October 10, 2020 (Virtual Online Only)

Online Program: Sandrine Skinner Wife of TX death row prisoner Hank Skinner, Board member of French abolitionist organization ECPM Harold Dutton Member of the Texas House of Representatives, District 142 Elsa Alcala Former elected judge of the nine person Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Bill Pelke Founder of the Journey of Hope: From Violence to […]

Speakers at 20th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty

The rally starts at 2 PM October 19, 2019 on the South Steps of the Texas Capitol. There will also be a press conference inside the Capitol in the Speaker’s Committee Room (2W.6) from noon to 1 PM Speakers list: Lily Hughes to Emcee At the Capitol before marching: Witness to Innocence speakers (all exonerated […]

20th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty Oct 19, 2019

The 20th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty will be held in Austin, Texas on Saturday, October 19, 2019 at 2pm at the Texas Capitol.

Video of Nightline Report on Todd Willingham

Todd Willingham – Innocent Man Executed in Texas (Nightline Sept 17, 2009) from Scott Cobb on Vimeo. Sign the petition to Governor Rick Perry and the State of Texas to acknowledge that the fire in the Cameron Todd Willingham case was not arson, therefore no crime was committed and on February 17, 2004, Texas executed […]

Shujaa Graham is coming to the march!

We talked to Bill Pelke, president and cofounder of Journey of Hope…From Violence to Healing, and Shujaa Graham today and found out that Shujaa can come to the march. Shujaa was convicted of a murder he did not commit and spent three years on death row in California. He was later found innocent, exonerated and […]

MSNBC Video of New Yorker author David Grann Talking About Todd Willingham

In this interview from his appearance on MSNBC, David Grann, who wrote the article “Trial by Fire” in the New Yorker about the Todd Willingham case, says there is “not a single shred of evidence of arson”. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Texas Should Admit Todd Willingham was […]

David Grann of New Yorker Responds to Former Prosecutor’s Ludicrous Claim that Todd Willingham was Guilty Despite “undeniably flawed” Forensic Evidence

Before the article in the New Yorker, “Trial by Fire” by David Grann, appeared last week, John Jackson, one of the prosecutors in the original trial of Todd Willingham, wrote a guest column in the Corsicana Sun laying out why he thought Willingham was guilty, despite the  “undeniably flawed” forensic evidence about the fire. Now, […]

Texas Executed an Innocent Person; Willingham Fire was Accidental

The Chicago Tribune is breaking the story that the investigator for the Texas Forensic Science Commission is going to report that the fire for which Cameron Todd Willingham was sentenced to death for setting to murder his children was an accidental fire and not arson. Willingham always maintained his innocence. If the TFSC takes the […]

Added Photos and Videos

We added as many photos and videos of past marches that we could find to the website. If anyone has any photos or videos from past marches, please contact us, so we can put them on the website.