texasdefender.bsky.social
We fight for the end of mass incarceration and excessive punishment in Texas through direct representation, policy reform, and public education.
👤 Joined on 14 November 2024
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@texasdefender.bsky.socialAccording to court records, a woman named Rebecca Walton admitted to shooting and killing Flores and said Highfill was not involved in the actual killing act. https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/two-people-charged-in-1998-murder-the-one-who-pulled-the-trigger-got-a-shorter-sentence-what-now/
Show PostIn @nytopinion.nytimes.com The execution chamber “no longer resembled anything clinical or controlled,” writes Maria DeLiberato, an ACLU attorney who witnessed the botched execution of her client last month.
Show PostFrom crime survivor Jennifer Thompson @washingtonpost.com on “hypnotized witness” #CharlesFlores TX death penalty case. #SCOTUS “has the power to intervene & ensure an innocent man is not executed based on an unreliable identification.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Show PostCity of Austin to Pay $35 Million to Compensate Men Wrongfully Convicted in Decades-Old Murder Case #deathpenalty #texas #wrongfulconviction deathpenaltyinfo.org/city-of-aust...
Show Post130,000 People Urge Clemency for Tony Carruthers in Advance of Tennessee’s Planned Execution #deathpenalty #tennessee deathpenaltyinfo.org/130-000-peop...
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