TCADP is a statewide grassroots organization working to end the death penalty in Texas through education and action. We welcome your participation in this work in any capacity. Learn about the death penalty in the Resource section. Check out our many programs and see where your expertise can be most utilized.
TCADP has many chapters across Texas doing a lot of the on the ground work, your involvement in a city chapter would be welcomed. If you are in an area not served by a chapter, contact us and consider becoming a regional representative.
We have also developed an international committee to help organize our overseas support. We have some documents translated for your consideration and use. Support TCADP's work in Texas through the TCADP international committee.
In order to carry on our work, we rely on your donations. We appreciate any level of gift you can make.
TCADP is an affiliate of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty and the World Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.
In production for The Independent Film Channel...At the Death House Door is the story of the wrongful execution of Carlos DeLuna and the Death House Chaplain, Pastor Carroll Pickett, who spent the last day of 
DeLuna’s life with him. The feature documentary, currently in production, follows the remarkable career journey of Pickett, culminating in the story of DeLuna, a convict whose execution bothered Pickett more than any other. He firmly believed the man was innocent, and the film will track the investigative efforts of a team of Chicago Tribune reporters who have turned up evidence that strongly suggests he was. The documentary takes a very personal and intimate look at the death penalty in Texas, the first state to do lethal injection. Pickett was present for the first lethal injection in 1982. At the Death House Door is a Kartemquin Films Production in association with the Chicago Tribune. The movie debuts on the Independent Film Channel May 29 at 9:00pm.
With the recent Supreme Court decision accepting the use of lethal injection, executions will likely resume in Texas.
What will the numbers look like for 2008?
This Supreme Court decision is a distraction from the real concerns and problems with the death penalty: executing the innocent, arbitrary nature of death sentences, and the cost of pursuing death sentences.
Please remember that the number 26 for 2007 was reached by September before the temporary moratorium was put in place.
Members of the United Methodist Church!
Are you a member of the United Methodist Church? Do you know delegates who went to General Conference in Ft Worth, TX in April?
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Kinky Friedman joins the Music for Life Tour.
He will be participating in the Finale Concert to be held in Austin in October.
Kinky Ran for Governor in 2006 and is a well-known author and musician.