Texas Death Penalty Archive

[Part of the Death Penalty Survey]

Online Resources

PDM - Texas
Belgium’s Amnesty International’s chapter’s Texas Death Penalty website.

Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

Texans for Public Justice

Debate Chronology/Meta-Narrative

1998

3/1
The Death Penalty in Texas: Lethal Injustice
An Amnesty International report on the Texas Death Penalty.

2000

3/3
The Death Penalty Is Fair and Effective in Texas
Morgan Reynolds of the right-wing NCPA.
5/11
The hanging governor
Salon magazine covers the controversial execution of Gary Graham.
6/11
STATE OF EXECUTION: THE DEATH PENALTY IN TEXAS
Classic Chicago Tribune coverage.
8/28
Texas incarceration rate leads nation; crime rate lags behind other states
Another report on Texas’ lagging crime statistics
9/20
Don't Mess with Texas on Crime
Morgan Reynolds at NCPA.
10/1
Texas Tough?
"An Analysis of Incarceration and Crime Trends in The Lone Star State authored by Vincent Schiraldi and Jason Ziedenberg" from Justice Policy Institute.