The StandDown Texas Project

A Message From StandDown

StandDown will be closing our communications hub on November 14.  No new posts will be added to this website, and no new e-mails will be posted to the Google Group after Friday.  Both the Google Group archive of e-mails and the StandDown website will remain live and available for your research needs.

StandDown's files will be going to the National Death Penalty Archive at the University at Albany, in New York.  I'd invite you to visit the website, and if you find yourself in the beautiful capital city of New York State, to visit the University's acclaimed School of Criminal Justice.

As a reminder, you can view - and search - all archived e-mails at the News From StandDown Google Group home.

Monday

I will be traveling Monday.  Posting will be delayed.

Wednesday

Wednesday has turned into a hectic travel day.  Posting will resume Thursday.

Wednesday

I am traveling today.  Posting as WiFi allows.

Typepad Issues

Typepad is having problems this morning.  Posting will resume as soon as possible

Tuesday

Typepad was down much of Monday.  Posting will resume shortly.

Monday

I'll be traveling Monday.

Friday

I will be traveling much of Friday.  Posting will resume as WiFi allows.

Oklahoma Coverage

There has been an extremely heavy volume of news coverage, editorials, columns and OpEds on Oklahoma's botched execution.  At the point all clips to date have been distributed via the Google Group.  I'll be catching up on the website, primarily with links to coverage, mostly without excerpts.

Friday

I'll be updating developments in Oklahoma's botched execution once news clips are distributed to the Google Group.  There is extensive news, editorials, and commentary.

Typepad Still Not Fully Back to Normal

The Typepad platform has been up and down over the past two hours, and it is still behaving sluggishly.  I'll continue to attempt to post, but there may yet be delays.

Typepad Has Been Down

Starting at some point early Monday morning, until just a few minutes ago, Typepad has been down.  We'll begin the process of catching up with the news now.

Wednesday

I'll be traveling much of Wednesday.  Posting as WiFi allows.

Monday

I will be out of the office most of Monday.  Posting will resume as quickly as possible.

Monday

Travel late last week slowed posting on the website.  I'm going to start with the latest lethal injection developments, then fill in coverge from last week.

Monday

I'll be catching up today with news from last week, the weekend, and today.

I'm going to start where I left of, with more on Delbert Tibbs.

Friday

I will be traveling today.  Posting will occur as WiFi allows.  I will also be traveling through next week, so posting will likely be light.

Wednesday

I have a lot of catching up from yesterday and today.  I also have a college lecture that I'm making today, so posting will be slowed.

Tuesday

I'll be attending the ABA National Symposium on the Modern Death Penalty in America, being held today at the the Carter Center in Atlanta.

Posting will resume as WiFi allows.

Wednesday

I'll be traveling much of Wednesday.  Posting will resume as WiFi allows.

Thursday Afternoon

I will be traveling much of the rest of the day.  Posting will resume as quickly as possible.

Wednesday

Posting is delayed this morning because I am out of town in a series of meetings.  Posting will be slow throughout the day.

Monday Afternoon

I will be out of the office Monday afternoon to attend a memorial service.  Posting will resume as soon as possible.

Thursday

I have some catch up to do with news from yesterday, especially on the lethal injection front.  First, a scheduled execution in Texas.

Wednesday

I will be traveling much of Wednesday.  Posting will resume as WiFi allows.

Wednesday

I will be out of the office Wednesday morning.  Posts will resume as soon as possible.

Thursday

I will be away from the office Thursday morning.  Posting will resume as soon as possible

Thursday

I will be out of the office for a series of meetings Thursday morning.  Posting will resume as early as possible.

Take this opportunity to look at the left-column webroll links.

Wednesday

I am away from the office this morning.  Posts will resume early this afternoon.

Thursday

I'll be traveling much of the day on Thursday.  Posting will resume as WiFi allows.

Thursday

I am away from the office this morning.  Posts will resume this afternoon.

Thursday

I am away from the office Thursday morning.  Posts will resume this afternoon.

Friday

I'll be out of the office Friday afternoon.

The University of Texas School of Law Capital Punishment Center is sponsoring a symposium, "Mass Incarceration and the Death Penalty."  Here's more:

The Capital Punishment Center’s symposium, “Mass Incarceration and the Death Penalty,” will provide a rare opportunity for scholars, lawyers, and interested members of the public to engage in an extended dialogue about some of the most pressing, nuanced, and timely criminal justice issues in a setting that is both rigorous and relaxed. Thanks to the generosity of the Center’s sponsors, the symposium is free and open to the public. Please join us on March 22-23, 2013 in the Law School’s Eidman Courtroom.

Keynote address by Erwin Chemerinsky.

Sunday - The Diversions

I hear from readers who appreciate the left-column webrolls.  Some even make it to the last group, Diversions.

I'm adding a new site today; Travels with Sam.  My long-time friend, Austin attorney-mediator Sam Graham is a Fulbright Scholar this year, teaching at the Academy of Law, Odessa in the Ukraine.  He's been teaching there and in Russia for several years, and the stories he brings back are fascinating.  I'm looking forward to hearing them in real-time on his brand new blog.

Friday

I will be at a meeting out of the office this morning.  Post will resume as quickly as possible.

Tuesday

I will be away from the office for several hours.  Posting will resume as quickly as possible.

Thursday

I'll be traveling much of Thursday.  Posting will resume as WiFi allows.

Welcome to 2013

I'll be filling in coverage from the last week of 2012, today.  The next post contains the lead editorial in today's New York Times.

Thursday

I'll be away from the office much of the afternoon.  Posting will resume as quickly as possible.

Wednesday

I'll be traveling much of Wednesday.  Posts will resume as WiFi allows.

Friday

I will be away from the office much of Friday morning.  Posts should resume be noon.

Wednesday

I am out of the office this morning.  Posting will resume later today.

Thursday

I'll be traveling much of Thursday.  Posts will resume as WiFi allows.

Friday

I'll be away from the office at a meeting the rest of this morning. Post will resume after lunch.

Wednesday

Apologies for the late start this morning, Typepad has had a bug.  It appears to have been fixed so I'll begin posting now.

Thursday

I'll be traveling much of today.  Please take the opportunity to look at the excellent sites linked in the left-column webroll.

Friday

I'll be traveling Friday morning.

Wednesday

I'll be out of the office Wednesday morning.  Posting should resume by noon.

News From Texas Defender Service

Texas Defender Service currently has an eBay event going on with some great items for auction.

TDS has announced that it will also be holding a fundraising reception in Austin on May 30 to recognize the new Chair of the TDS Board of Directors, Jordan Steiker; founder of TDS' Trial Project, John Niland; and, TDS' new Executive Director, Kathryn Kase.  To be a sponsor, or for more information, contact Rebecca Bernhardt.

Monday

I'll be out of the office most of the day at the Edward Tufte course.