Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
SCHEDULED EXECUTIONS
The State of Texas has executed seven men to date in 2026. The last six were Black men.
Texas has scheduled two more executions this year:
- Texas is set to execute John Rubio on November 12, 2026. He was convicted of killing his three young children—Julissa Quesada, John E. Rubio, and Mary Jane Rubio—in 2003 in Brownsville, Texas (Cameron County), out of a belief that they were possessed. Rubio was tried twice and sentenced to death; at both trials he pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Most recently, Rubio’s attorneys argued that he is incompetent to be executed because of his long-standing mental illness, including fixed delusions. After a hearing in October 2026, a judge deemed Rubio competent.
- On November 19, 2026, Texas is set to execute Reinaldo Dennes. He has spent nearly 30 years on death row in connection with the murder of Janos Szucs during a diamond heist in Houston in 1996. Security guard David Copeland also was wounded but survived. Dennes is now 70 years old.
To express your opposition to all executions in Texas, submit a message to Texas Governor Greg Abbott here: https://gov.texas.gov/contact/.
WHO WE ARE
The Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (TCADP) is the only statewide grassroots advocacy organization dedicated solely to ending the death penalty in Texas. Together with local, state, and national partners, TCADP is working to reduce use of the death penalty in Texas and, ultimately, end this arbitrary, irreversible, and unfair punishment.
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