Political change is in the air

      Political change is in the air.All indicators point to a record number of voters turning out when the Texas primaries are held next month.Texas Democrats are especially energized at the historic prospect of helping determine whether we will elect our first female President or our first African American President. It’s an exciting time [...]

Posted on February 13th, 2008 by admin
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Media Coverage of Travis County DA Candidates Forum

The room was packed for last night’s forum with the candidates for Travis County District Attorney, co-hosted by Texas Moratorium Network and the ACLU-TX Central Texas chapter. Below is the media coverage, which largely focused on the candidates responses to the death penalty question. Three of the candidates gave pro death penalty answers, but one, [...]

Posted on February 5th, 2008 by admin
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Texas DAs to Blame for High Execution Rate

The New York Times has an article today “Executions Decline Elsewhere, but Texas Holds Steady“. Some of the information in the article explains why the district attorney elections in 2008 in Travis County and Harris County, as well as other Texas counties, are so important in the effort to slow down or stop executions in [...]

Posted on December 25th, 2007 by admin
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Next Travis County DA Should Impose A Moratorium on Death Penalty Prosecutions

Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle is retiring. He was first elected in 1976. The next DA in Travis County should reflect how the Travis County community’s feelings on the death penalty have evolved since 1976 and pledge that the death penalty is off the table within Travis County. Last October when Paul Burka first [...]

Posted on December 25th, 2007 by admin
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