Video Report of Press Conference on Day Before the 11th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty
On the day before the 11th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty, we held a press conference in the Texas Capitol. Click here to watch the below video on YouTube. Death penalty exonerees, their families and fellow advocates are taking a stand for capital punishment reform Saturday at the Capitol during 11th Annual March…read more
Hundreds of People March Against the Death Penalty
Hundreds of people march against the death penalty by JENNIE HUERTA / KVUE News Posted on October 30, 2010 at 10:21 PM Updated today at 11:02 PM Death penalty protestors gather in front of the Texas State Capitol every year on the weekend before All Souls’ Day, or The Day of the Dead, which falls…read more
Three days before the 11th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty, Anthony Graves, an innocent man has been released from Texas Death Row
Three days before the 11th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty this Saturday October 30 at 2 PM at the Texas Capitol in Austin, an innocent man has been released from Texas Death Row. From the Houston Chronicle: A Texas inmate sentenced to die in 1994 has been released…read more
Six Innocent Death Row Exonerees to Lead the 11th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty Saturday Oct 30 2010 in Austin at the Texas Capitol
Media Advisory For immediate release October 26, 2010 www.MarchforAbolition.org Contacts: Scott Cobb, Texas Moratorium Network 512-552-4743 Laura Brady, Campaign to End the Death Penalty, 512-638-1048 Six Innocent Death Row Exonerees to Lead the 11th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty Saturday Oct 30 2010 in Austin at the Texas Capitol Pre-March Press Conference to Be Held on…read more
Thank You to The Austin Chronicle for Being a Sponsor of the 11th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty
Thank you to The Austin Chronicle for being a sponsor of the annual march! They are giving us a free ad in next Thursday’s Chronicle to promote the 11th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty. Austin has the greatest alternative weekly!
Tonight, Oct 21 at 7 PM: Final Organizing Meeting for 11th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty
Tonight October 21 at 7 pm in Austin, we will have the last organizing meeting for the Oct 30th 11th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty. Everyone is welcome to come. This will be the final planning meeting before the event itself, although we will likely schedule a work party for one day next…read more
Todd Willingham’s Friend Elizabeth Gilbert to Speak at 11th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty
Elizabeth Gilbert is one of the speakers at the 11th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty at 2 PM on October 30th at the Texas Capitol in Austin. She is a Houston teacher and playwright who befriended Texas death row prisoner Todd Willingham. Her story is featured in the New Yorker article by David…read more
Death Row Exoneree Gary Drinkard to Attend 11th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty
Gary Drinkard, an innocent man who spent almost six years on death row in Alabama, will be a special guest at the 11th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty on October 30 at the Texas Capitol in Austin at 2 PM. Gary was released from death row on May 25, 2001. He will join…read more
Death Row Exoneree Albert Burrell to Attend 11th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty
Albert Burrell, an innocent man who spent 13 years on death row in Louisiana, will be a special guest at the 11th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty on October 30 at the Texas Capitol in Austin at 2 PM. He will join exonerees Shujaa Graham, Curtis McCarty, Ron Keine, Derrick Jamison and Greg…read more