In addition to signing the petition, we need as many phone calls, faxes, emails, postcards, and letters to the Governor and the Board of Pardons and Paroles as we can get!!!
Board of Pardons and Paroles: email them at bpp_pio@tdcj.texas.gov bpp_clemency@tdcj.texas.gov
Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
Attn: Executive Clemency Section
8610 Shoal Creek Blvd
Austin, Texas 78757
BPP Phone (512) 406-5852
BPP Fax (512) 467-0945
Honorable Governor Greg Abbott
The Governor of Texas
PO Box 12428
Austin, Texas 78711-2428
Office of the Governor Main Switchboard: (512) 463-2000
[office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST]
Citizen's Assistance Telecommunications Device
If you are using a telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD), call 711 to reach Relay Texas
Office of the Governor Fax: (512) 463-1849
No fax machine? You can sign up for an account at HelloFax and send free faxes to the Governor and BPP.
Website with a link for email (Requires U.S. address):
https://gov.texas.gov/contact/
Tweet the Governor at @GovAbbott.
Write a letter to the editor for publication in your local paper.
Houston Chronicle: Email viewpoints@chron.com
Dallas Morning News: use their form at http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/send-a-letter
San Antonio Express-News
Send letters to letters@express-news.net. Letters may also be mailed to Letters, Express-News, P.O. Box 2171, San Antonio, TX 78297. Include your name, address and daytime phone number. Length? The shorter the better – long enough to make your point. All letters are subject to editing for length and clarity.
State Rep Terry Canales has filed a new law of parties bill in the special session. HB 252 is different from the bills in the regular session. It adds a section that directs the jury “to determine based on the evidence admitted at the guilt or innocence stage whether the defendant is guilty of the capital felony only as a party under Section 7.02(b), Penal Code.”