[PAA-Discuss] Urge Your Representative to Oppose HB 1065

Fri Apr 29 08:58:26 EDT 2011

Thank you for taking action during the  current state legislative session. 
We are writing with an  update and call for action on Senate Bill 377/House 
Bill  1065.

On April 26, 2011, the House  Criminal Jurisprudence Committee passed House 
Bill 1065 (the  companion to Senate Bill 377) by a vote of 7-0.  (SB 377 
passed  the Senate on March 30.)

This legislation expands the scope of the  death penalty by making the 
murder of a child who is less than 10  years of age a capital offense. TCADP 
abhors violent acts  against children of any age, and we are mindful of the 
devastation  that murder inflicts on families who suffer such an inconceivable  
loss. We oppose this bill because we believe it is wrong for  the State of 
Texas to expand the reach of the death penalty at a  time when Texans are 
turning away from its use, when victims’  family members are speaking out 
about the terrible toll the  process takes on them, when new evidence of the 
flaws and failures  of our capital punishment system continues to come to 
light, and  when other states across the nation are moving away from  it.

HB 1065 now heads to the Calendars  Committee, which will decide 
whether/when to place it on the  calendar for consideration by the full House of  
Representatives.

Take action  today!

Please call or email your State  Representative to urge him/her to oppose 
HB  1065. Texas does not need to expand the scope  of the death penalty – it 
needs to end it!

To find your Representative, go to 
_http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/Home.aspx_ 
(https://tcadp.ejusadb.org/sites/tcadp.ejusadb.org/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=6725&qid=259513)   and type in your address. This will provide 
you with the  phone number for your legislator’s Capitol office. To send an  
email, type the Representative’s first name.last  name at house.state.tx.us (for 
example, _Jessica.farrar at house.state.tx.us_ 
(mailto:Jessica.farrar at house.state.tx.us) ).

Here are some brief  talking points:
    *   I am calling to urge Rep. ___ to vote  “NO” on House Bill 1065, 
which would expand the reach of the  death penalty in Texas.  
    *   I abhor violent acts against children of  any age. I believe Texas 
has the ways and  means to punish those who are truly guilty of these 
heinous  crimes and protect society without creating more capital  offenses that 
could lead to the death penalty.  
    *   Rather than expanding the death penalty,  we should be talking 
about moving away from its  use. 

If you learn any useful information from  your conversations with these 
offices, or want to provide TCADP  with a record of your phone call, please 
fill out the _Legislator  Tracking Sheet_ 
(https://tcadp.ejusadb.org/sites/tcadp.ejusadb.org/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=6726&qid=259513)  online.

Thanks again for taking action! Stay  tuned to TCADP for updates on this 
and other pieces of  legislation.

All best wishes,

Kristin
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