We fight for the end of mass incarceration and excessive punishment in Texas through direct representation, policy reform, and public education.
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Two people charged in 1998 murder, the one who pulled the trigger got a shorter sentence, what now? kxan.com/news/local/austin/t…
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❌ MYTH: Crime victims support long prison sentences.
✅ REALITY: Most victims of violence want violence prevention. Harm is real, but mass support for mass incarceration is not.
ALT Graph results showing results from a 2022 national survey of 1,500 who reported crime victimization within the past 10 years. Most favor alternatives to incarceration: 75% prefer restorative justice, 80% prefer more mental-health treatment, 72% support incentives for pre-release rehabilitation, and 71% support reducing jail populations.
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.@WKRN @ToriGessnerTV:Attorneys for #DarrellHines ask @GovBillLee to delay state’s next scheduled execution:“It’s a grotesque image to think of correctional officers at TDOC lifting this man who can’t walk and strapping him onto a gurney and executing him” wkrn.com/news/tennessee-news…
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🚨WEBINAR: For incarcerated people, contact visitation, handwritten letters, and phone calls are essential lifelines to the outside world — but these forms of communication are under attack by jails & prisons
Sign up to learn how advocates can fight back:
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ALT Webinar flyer details: As prisons across the country implement increasingly restrictive communication policies, this webinar will take a closer look at the importance of family connections, discuss the ways they are under attack, and share strategies to help families fight back. July 1, 2026 at 1:00 PM ET.
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The Supreme Court of the United States declined to review the case of Victor Saldaño, who has been on death row in Texas since 1996. Mr. Saldaño wants a trial court to consider evidence that his intellectual disability renders him ineligible to be executed courthousenews.com/scotus-re…
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Editorial from @TXKGazette: Too Much Doubt: Texas should not execute Charles Flores in hypnotized witness case: texarkanagazette.com/news/20…
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Penn & Teller call out 'flim-flam' in Supreme Court death penalty case. usatoday.com/story/news/poli… @USATODAY @mgroppe @pennjillette @MrTeller @TexDefender @TCADPdotORG @texasccatdp @WTIUSA @innocence #CharlesFlores #Texas
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SCOTUS has granted Texas prosecutors’ petition to review a Fifth Circuit decision that had granted death-row prisoner Dexter Johnson habeas corpus review of his claim of intellectual disability. supremecourt.gov/orders/cour… @TexDefender @TCADPdotORG @texasccatdp @uscedp #deathpenalty
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects Texas death row prisoner’s appeal challenging hypnosis testimony. texastribune.org/2026/06/15/… @TexasTribune @TexDefender @TCADPdotORG @texasccatdp @WTIUSA @innocence @uscedp #CharlesFlores #deathpenalty
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Supreme Court rejects death row appeal backed by Penn & Teller. usatoday.com/story/news/poli… @USATODAY @mgroppe @TexDefender @TCADPdotORG @texasccatdp @uscedp @WTIUSA @innocence @pennjillette @MrTeller #CharlesFlores #Texas #deathpenalty
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🧵 92% of the death sentences sought by Tarrant County prosecutors since 2012 have been against racial and ethnic minorities, even though 40% of Tarrant County’s population is white, according to a new report.
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There have been 8 executions in Florida so far this year. There have been 7 executions in the rest of the country combined. Here is the state-by-state status of U.S. death warrants this year. @uscedp @FADPorg @amnesty @hrw @UNHumanRights #deathpenalty
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'Torturous': Botched Tennessee execution sparks US death row debate. usatoday.com/story/news/nati… @USATODAY @AmandaLeeUSAT @DeliberatoMaria @amy_adharwell @ACLU @Tndeathpenalty @uscedp @UN_SPExperts @amnesty @Reprieve @hrw @UNHumanRights #deathpenalty
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“The state of Tennessee hired a leader with a well-documented history of problematic executions," said the leader of the @uscedp tennesseelookout.com/2026/05…
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A Philadelphia judge vacated the #wrongfulconvictions of Jermal Shuler, Marc Brittingham, and Rasheed Turner on Tuesday afternoon. They spent 28 years in prison for a murder they did not commit based on the testimony of a single unreliable eyewitness and flawed forensic testimony.
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Earlier this week, a Philadelphia judge dismissed the #wrongfulconvictions of three men who spent nearly three decades in prison for a crime they did not commit. Jermal Shuler, Marc Brittingham, and Rasheed Turner were wrongfully convicted for a 1997 murder based on flawed forensic testimony.
6abc.com/post/3-men-exonerat…
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"...from noose to needle to nitrogen, our constant search for a more acceptable way to kill is a story of failure..." said Furonda Brasfield of the @uscedp Read more here... otherwords.org/theres-no-mor…
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New in @nature Magazine on the science of wrongful eyewitness identification and false memories featuring the “hypnotized witness” innocence case of #CharlesFlores: Memory on trial: the new science of when to trust eyewitness testimony nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Defense attys. want Tennessee governor to pause all executions after Tony Carruthers’ failed. actionnews5.com/2026/05/25/d… @WMCActionNews5 @MickRedmond3 @Tndeathpenalty @ACLU @aclutn @uscedp @amnestyusa @ReprieveUS @UN_SPExperts #deathpenalty
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Today marks 6 years since the murder of George Floyd. During that time, more Americans have questioned the role and practices of police in society — and hoped for meaningful reform.
So, what does the state of policing look like now, 6 years later? 🧵
ALT Gray social card with text: The state of policing in the U.S., six years after the murder of George Floyd