Death Penalty in Texas: Lethal Injustice - http://www.web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/index/AMR510101998
[Amnesty International] Article about how death penalty is applied in Texas, focusing on race, poverty, juveniles, mentally ill or retarded, prosecutorial misconduct, the lack of competent legal representation, the misuse of psychiatric evaluation, appeals courts, clemency process, and conditions on death row. Includes case studies for each major argument. |
Lamp of Hope Project - http://www.lampofhope.org/index.html
Founded by Texas Death Row prisoners to educate the public about the death penalty and alternatives, and to support victims' and prisoners' families. Includes prisoner writings and crafts, penpal information, and mailing list. |
Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation (MVFR) of Texas - http://www.members.tripod.com/mvfr-texas/
Organization of family members of victims of both homicide and state killings who oppose the death penalty in all cases. Includes victim stories, events, and victim resources. |
Paul Colella - Innocent on Death Row - http://www.deathrow.at/paul/
A site devoted to declaring the innocence of Paul Colella, who is on death row in a Texas prison. |
Shadow Figures: A Portrait of Life on Texas Death Row - http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/1997/07/deathrow.html
By Suzanne Donovan. [Mother Jones] Article about life on Death Row in Texas. |
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - http://www.tcadp.org/
Inclusive organization composed of human rights activists, death row prisoners and their families, crime victims and their families, persons working within the criminal justice system, persons opposed to capital punishment on religious and moral grounds, and other concerned citizens. Includes membership form, facts and figures, current news, and events. |
Texas Department of Criminal Justice: Death Row Information - http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/deathrow.htm
Includes a list of death row inmates, gender and racial statistics including executions per year, a list of scheduled and completed executions, a list of inmates no longer on death row, and final meal requests and the media witness list for each inmate. |
Why Is Texas #1 in Executions? - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/execution/readings/texas.html
By Ned Walpin. [PBS, Frontline] Explains the legal and cultural reasons for why Texas executes far more people than any other state and does so at a far higher rate than any other state. |