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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 192: Why is Texas Trying to Execute Andre Thomas?

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|Date: March 21, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 192: Why is Texas Trying to Execute Andre Thomas?

https://youtu.be/kFT1eJzA5F4 Recently a Texas judge delayed the execution of Andre Thomas—a man who is so ...

https://youtu.be/kFT1eJzA5F4 Recently a Texas judge delayed the execution of Andre Thomas—a man who is so severely mentally ill, the crime he committed of killing his wife and mixed-race children invo ...

March 21, 2023
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ACLU Reprimands Houston School District for Discriminatory Treatment Towards Girls’ Sports Team, Black Student Athlete

Posted by Sunny Zhou
|Date: March 06, 2023
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ACLU Reprimands Houston School District for Discriminatory Treatment Towards Girls’ Sports Team, Black Student Athlete

By Sunny Zhou HOUSTON, TX - The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Texas this past week sent ...

By Sunny Zhou HOUSTON, TX - The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Texas this past week sent the Spring Branch Independent School District a warning letter for their “mistreatment” of a st ...

March 06, 2023
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Severely Mentally Ill Man on Texas Death Row Requests Clemency from Governor, Texas Board of Pardons and Parole

Posted by Ivan Villegas
|Date: February 17, 2023
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Severely Mentally Ill Man on Texas Death Row Requests Clemency from Governor, Texas Board of Pardons and Parole

By Ivan Villegas AUSTIN, TX - Attorneys for Andre Thomas are requesting to have his sentence of death com ...

By Ivan Villegas AUSTIN, TX - Attorneys for Andre Thomas are requesting to have his sentence of death commuted to life in prison or a reprieve to allow the courts to determine if he is competent for h ...

February 17, 2023
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Three Death Row Inmates File Lawsuit against Texas for Planning to Use Expired Execution Drugs in Upcoming Executions

Posted by Gracyann Joslin
|Date: January 05, 2023
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Three Death Row Inmates File Lawsuit against Texas for Planning to Use Expired Execution Drugs in Upcoming Executions

By Rena Abdusalam AUSTIN, TX - If it goes through with its upcoming executions, Texas will allegedly be v ...

By Rena Abdusalam AUSTIN, TX - If it goes through with its upcoming executions, Texas will allegedly be violating its own laws and generating significant risks of pain and agony for their inmates thro ...

January 05, 2023
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Texas Sets Execution for Andre Thomas, Person with Mental Illness Who Gouged Out Eyes and Ate One

Posted by Rena Abdusalam
|Date: November 13, 2022
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Texas Sets Execution for Andre Thomas, Person with Mental Illness Who Gouged Out Eyes and Ate One

By Rena Abdusalam HUNTSVILLE, TX - Andre Thomas, a schizophrenic Black man currently on Texas death row, ...

By Rena Abdusalam HUNTSVILLE, TX - Andre Thomas, a schizophrenic Black man currently on Texas death row, has been set an execution date of April 5, 2023, according to the 15th District Court of Grayso ...

November 13, 2022
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Texas DA Agrees with Defense, Trial Judge Had ‘Actual Bias’ against Jewish Man; District Judge Recommends Murder Conviction Be Overturned

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|Date: September 28, 2022
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Texas DA Agrees with Defense, Trial Judge Had ‘Actual Bias’ against Jewish Man; District Judge Recommends Murder Conviction Be Overturned

By The Vanguard Staff DALLAS, TX – The Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s office urged the distr ...

By The Vanguard Staff DALLAS, TX – The Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s office urged the district court to grant “habeas relief” because the trial judge presiding over the murder trial of R ...

September 28, 2022
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Kosoul Chanthakoummane Faces Execution in Texas Despite Lack of Evidence of Guilt

Posted by Ariel Peterson
|Date: August 24, 2022
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Kosoul Chanthakoummane Faces Execution in Texas Despite Lack of Evidence of Guilt

By Ariel Peterson AUSTIN, TX—Kosoul Chanthakoummane is scheduled to be executed in Texas on ...

By Ariel Peterson AUSTIN, TX—Kosoul Chanthakoummane is scheduled to be executed in Texas on Aug. 17, 2022, despite significant doubt with his conviction due to its reliance on faulty and ...

August 24, 2022
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Texas Gov’s Anti-Trans Directive Threatens Lives, Undermines Public Safety Argue Current and Former Prosecutors, Attorneys General and Law Enforcement Officials

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|Date: July 28, 2022
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Texas Gov’s Anti-Trans Directive Threatens Lives, Undermines Public Safety Argue Current and Former Prosecutors, Attorneys General and Law Enforcement Officials

By The Vanguard Staff AUSTIN, TX – An amicus brief was filed this week by criminal justice leaders in the ...

By The Vanguard Staff AUSTIN, TX – An amicus brief was filed this week by criminal justice leaders in the Court of Appeals for the Third District of Texas at Austin in Jane Doe v. Greg Abbott, support ...

July 28, 2022
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DAs Discuss Moving Away from the Death Penalty

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 15, 2022
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DAs Discuss Moving Away from the Death Penalty

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Death Penalty Focus, a California-based non-profit dedicated to th ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Death Penalty Focus, a California-based non-profit dedicated to the abolition of the death penalty, hosted a webinar on Tuesday featuring a discussion on the dea ...

June 15, 2022
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Civil Rights Groups Charge Texas Pot Possession Targets Minorities, Urge ‘Legalization’ and ‘Complete Decriminalization’ of Marijuana

Posted by Mansour Taleb-Ahmed
|Date: April 24, 2022
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Civil Rights Groups Charge Texas Pot Possession Targets Minorities, Urge ‘Legalization’ and ‘Complete Decriminalization’ of Marijuana

By Mansour Taleb-Ahmed NORTH TEXAS - Statistics showing overall arrests for possession are down in Texas, ...

By Mansour Taleb-Ahmed NORTH TEXAS - Statistics showing overall arrests for possession are down in Texas, but the percentage of Black and Hispanic people arrested is going up, argued a Texas advocacy ...

April 24, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Tales of the Loss of Silicon Valley Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 18, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Tales of the Loss of Silicon Valley Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Over the last few years, the narrative in the media has been one o ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Over the last few years, the narrative in the media has been one of a mass exodus out of California—leading the way has been talk of a “mass tech exodus.” Max Ta ...

April 18, 2022
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Letter: Bipartisan Texas Legislators Sign onto Support Letter for Melissa Lucio

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|Date: April 16, 2022
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Letter: Bipartisan Texas Legislators Sign onto Support Letter for Melissa Lucio

Brownsville, TX - A bipartisan group of 20 Texas Senators and an even larger group of House members have ...

Brownsville, TX - A bipartisan group of 20 Texas Senators and an even larger group of House members have signed onto letters in support of canceling the execution of Melissa Lucio. The execution is s ...

April 16, 2022
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With Execution Set for April 27, Melissa Lucio Files Appeal – Even Jurors Who Found Lucio Guilty Have Doubts, Call for New Trial

Posted by Nora Dahl
|Date: April 15, 2022
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With Execution Set for April 27, Melissa Lucio Files Appeal – Even Jurors Who Found Lucio Guilty Have Doubts, Call for New Trial

By Daniella Espinoza and Nora Dahl BROWNSVILLE, TX - Attorneys for Melissa Lucio—scheduled to be executed ...

By Daniella Espinoza and Nora Dahl BROWNSVILLE, TX - Attorneys for Melissa Lucio—scheduled to be executed April 27—have filed a motion to withdraw or modify her execution date in the 138th Judicial Di ...

April 15, 2022
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Texas District Attorneys Make Statement against Criminalization of Abortion

Posted by Minh Nguyen
|Date: April 15, 2022
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Texas District Attorneys Make Statement against Criminalization of Abortion

By Tommy Nguyen AUSTIN, TX - Texas District Attorneys released this week a joint statement addressing the ...

By Tommy Nguyen AUSTIN, TX - Texas District Attorneys released this week a joint statement addressing their take on the case of Lizelle Herrera, expressing their disagreement with the state’s efforts ...

April 15, 2022
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Texas Man on Death Row Wins U.S. Supreme Court Case to Have Pastor at Execution

Posted by Sofia Leguria
|Date: April 01, 2022
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Texas Man on Death Row Wins U.S. Supreme Court Case to Have Pastor at Execution

By Sofia Leguria and Shady Gonzales WASHINGTON, DC – A week ago, the Supreme Court of the U.S. ruled in R ...

By Sofia Leguria and Shady Gonzales WASHINGTON, DC – A week ago, the Supreme Court of the U.S. ruled in Ramirez v. Collier a man on death row can, because of religious reasons, have a priest with him ...

April 01, 2022
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New Expert Analyses Show Melissa Lucio Was Wrongly Convicted and Condemned to Die for the Accidental Death of her Daughter

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 24, 2022
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New Expert Analyses Show Melissa Lucio Was Wrongly Convicted and Condemned to Die for the Accidental Death of her Daughter

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Austin, TX - Attorneys for Melissa Lucio have submitted an applica ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Austin, TX - Attorneys for Melissa Lucio have submitted an application for clemency to Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. The evid ...

March 24, 2022
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Beto O’ Rourke Will Face Incumbent Greg Abbott in the Texas Gubernatorial Election

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: March 23, 2022
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Beto O’ Rourke Will Face Incumbent Greg Abbott in the Texas Gubernatorial Election

By Jack Galloway TEXAS – Democrats in Texas are giving Beto O’Rourke another chance. On Mar. 1, 2022, O’R ...

By Jack Galloway TEXAS – Democrats in Texas are giving Beto O’Rourke another chance. On Mar. 1, 2022, O’Rourke, known to most Americans by his first name, won the Democratic primary for the Governor o ...

March 23, 2022
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Travis County District Court Blocks Texas Directive that Causes Harm to Transgender Youth

Posted by Veronica Miller
|Date: March 16, 2022
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Travis County District Court Blocks Texas Directive that Causes Harm to Transgender Youth

By Veronica Miller AUSTIN, TX - The Travis County District Court blocked a directive from the state this ...

By Veronica Miller AUSTIN, TX - The Travis County District Court blocked a directive from the state this week that would have allowed the Department of Family and Protective Services to place trans yo ...

March 16, 2022
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ACLU Suit Leads Texas Court to Partially Block Governor’s Anti-Trans Directive

Posted by Delilah Hammons
|Date: March 04, 2022
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ACLU Suit Leads Texas Court to Partially Block Governor’s Anti-Trans Directive

By Delilah Hammons and Catherine Potente AUSTIN, TX –A temporary restraining order that prevents the Texa ...

By Delilah Hammons and Catherine Potente AUSTIN, TX –A temporary restraining order that prevents the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) from investigating plaintiffs in a lawsui ...

March 04, 2022
| by Delilah Hammons

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Two Dallas Police Officers Criminally Charged after George Floyd Protest Injuries

Posted by Isabel Garbarino
|Date: February 16, 2022
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Two Dallas Police Officers Criminally Charged after George Floyd Protest Injuries

By Isabel Garbarino DALLAS, TX - The George Floyd Protests that occurred in May of 2022 resulted in a vio ...

By Isabel Garbarino DALLAS, TX - The George Floyd Protests that occurred in May of 2022 resulted in a violent response by two Dallas Police Dept. officers—Senior Cpl. Ryan Mabry and Senior Cpl. Melvin ...

February 16, 2022
| by Isabel Garbarino

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