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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Texas Execution

Texas is scheduled to carry out is first execution of 2009, tonight in Huntsville. It would also be the nation's first execution of the year.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram has this report on Curtis Moore. Texas has by far the most active death chamber in the nation, and the most crowded calendar of scheduled executions. According to TDCJ, an additional 13 execution dates are already set in 2009, and more are expected to be added.

At Capital Defense Weekly, Karl Keys notes an execution date set in Alabama for tomorrow and an Oklahoma execution scheduled on January 22.

Tonight's execution would be the 424th in the state since 1982; the 185th execution in the administration of Governor Rick Perry. It would be the 1,137 post-Furman execution in the nation.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 11:08 AM in Execution Date | Permalink

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The StandDown Texas Project

The StandDown Texas Project was organized in 2000 to advocate a moratorium on executions and a state-sponsored review of Texas' application of the death penalty. To stand down is to go off duty temporarily, especially to review safety procedures.

Steve Hall

Project Director Steve Hall was chief of staff to the Attorney General of Texas from 1983-1991; he was an administrator of the Texas Resource Center from 1993-1995. He has worked for the U.S. Congress and several Texas legislators. Hall is a former journalist.

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