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Michelle Pitcher retweeted
Austin voters! Reminder that the daily stresses you experience -- rent prices, transportation-- are largely governed by local officials.
These elections are non-partisan. You can't rely on party signaling to cast your vote. @KUT has a ton of resources: kut.org/politics/2024-10-21/…
Michelle Pitcher retweeted
Update: The committee is not expecting to meet today, according to committee vice chair @DavidCookTexas
New: The House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence will continue the hearing Tuesday (committee currently standing at ease) at a time to be announced by Rep. @moodyforelpaso
Monday’s hearing saw 9+ hours of testimony
Michelle Pitcher retweeted
I just heard @MichellePitcher on the Texas Standard, talking about the Robert Roberson case. She noted Anderson Co cannot issue another death warrant for 90 days. So… That effort Paxton made to upend the court matters. #txlege
Michelle Pitcher retweeted
This has been such a wild ride today. I cannot imagine how he is feeling right now.
The Texas Supreme Court has stayed Robert Roberson's execution, four hours after he was scheduled to die. This came after an unprecedented intervention from state lawmakers at the eleventh hour: texasobserver.org/robert-rob…
Michelle Pitcher retweeted
A group of Texas lawmakers is pulling out all the stops tonight to prevent Robert Roberson's execution from going forward, because they're so troubled by his case. I've been covering the death penalty here since the '90s and I've never seen anything like it.
Praying as if everything depends on God, which it does. But working as if everything depends on us. #RobertRoberson #txlege
Michelle Pitcher retweeted
Word out of Huntsville: The prison system can wait until about 11:30pm CST to execute Robert Robertson pending the legal fight back here in Austin over the Texas House's power to subpoena Roberson for testimony next Monday.
Michelle Pitcher retweeted
Rep. Jeff @leachfortexas is arguing his case for the subpoena of Robert Roberson after his scheduled execution from his car, while Rep. Joe @moodyforelpaso speaks from El Paso. Texas AG's office just claimed they never saw the subpoena petition.
youtube.com/watch?v=Ui-AuwCl…
Michelle Pitcher retweeted
Ahead of Robert Roberson's scheduled execution tonight, this @ScottHech op-ed is good reminder:
SCOTUS has twice ruled you can execute an innocent person and you won't be violating their constitutional rights.
teenvogue.com/story/robert-r…
Michelle Pitcher retweeted
In a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court last night, @KenPaxtonTX's office wrote that #RobertRoberson "advances no compelling reason to review his case, and none exists." Quite a contrast to the opinions voiced by some in #txlege yesterday. Read it here: supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/2…
NEW: An extraordinary effort is underway at #txlege to stop the execution of #RobertRoberson tonight. @brianeharrison told us he's "profoundly disappointed" by state pardon board decision, but is hopeful that @GregAbbott_TX will issue a 30-day reprieve.
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Michelle Pitcher retweeted
Join the Texas Observer's @MichellePitcher at First U.U. Church in #Houston for a discussion of #prison slavery and labor organizing by incarcerated workers. October 30 at 7:00pm.
#Texas
ALT The Texas Observer at First U.U. Church in Houston What: “Solidarity from Solitary and Beyond,” a discussion of prison labor organizing When: October 30, 7:00pm Where: 5200 Fannin St., Houston, TX 77004 Why: Texas continues to allow legal slavery through forced work, and prisoners are fighting back.
Michelle Pitcher retweeted
ICYMI: Read this inspiring story by @MichellePitcher about “Comrade Z,” a prison labor organizer who’s been fighting against unsafe and exploitative work conditions inside Texas prisons. texasobserver.org/solidarity…
Michelle Pitcher retweeted
I spent the last year reporting on the most interesting effort in a generation to transform American prisons — by giving prisoners more say over their environments.
The story begins with a deadly riot in a prison named for Robert E. Lee. 🧵
themarshallproject.org/2024/…
Michelle Pitcher retweeted
“Sometimes they say it’s illegal [for prisoners to unionize], but it’s not. It’s just frowned upon. But it works.”
New today from @MichellePitcher: Texans are organizing to empower incarcerated workers, who labor in dangerous conditions without pay. buff.ly/3Xtnf8g
Michelle Pitcher retweeted
The @TexasObserver is hiring for a 2025 legislative intern to help @by_jmiller cover next year's #txlege session!
Details here: texasobserver.org/jobs/
Michelle Pitcher retweeted
Roberson is scheduled for execution October 17, unless the Board of Pardons and Paroles and Governor Greg Abbott heed calls to reconsider from his attorneys and from scores of Texas lawmakers: texasobserver.org/robert-rob… @MichellePitcher #txlege
Michelle Pitcher retweeted
Update shortly after publication: "Robert’s fate is now at the mercy of @GregAbbott_TX. He and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles are the only ones standing in the way of a horrific and irreversible mistake: the execution of an innocent man." texasobserver.org/death-row-…
Michelle Pitcher retweeted
How an East Texas man could soon become the first person killed by the state based on a controversial hypothesis: texasobserver.org/death-row-… Great reporting from @MichellePitcher
Michelle Pitcher retweeted
Today, the Supreme Court upheld the federal gun ban for people under domestic violence protective orders.
Read @MichellePitcher's 2023 investigation on how the failure to enforce these orders in Texas allow domestic abusers to keep their firearms. texasobserver.org/protective…
Michelle Pitcher retweeted
New today: Ramiro Gonzales will be put to death next Wednesday, unless the #Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommends clemency. buff.ly/3xshBKK via @MichellePitcher
#DeathPenalty
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NEW from @MichellePitcher: “If cooking someone to death does not amount to cruel and unusual punishment, then nothing does,” a new complaint against TDCJ says. texasobserver.org/prison-hea…
