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20 Stan. J. C.R. & C.L. 402 (2024)
The Value of Relentless Efforts to Organize for Abolition in the South: Analyzing the Death Penalty Abolition Movements in Texas and Virginia

handle is hein.journals/stjcrcl20 and id is 302 raw text is: THE VALUE OF RELENTLESS EFFORTS TO ORGANIZE FOR ABOLITION IN THE SOUTH: ANALYZING THE DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION MOVEMENTS IN TEXAS AND VIRGINIA Alisa Hobant INTRODUCTION: CAN WHAT HAPPENED IN VIRGINIA HAPPEN IN TEXAS? ................................................................................................ 403 I. VIRGINIA .......................................................................................404 A. A History of the Death Penalty in Virginia: Mob Members to Jury Members....................................................................405 B. The Legal Scaffolding that Supported the Death Penalty in Virginia............................................................................. 408 C. Turning the Tide ................................................................ 410 1. The role of exonerations.......................................... 410 2. An adequate defense ............................................... 412 D. The Final Pieces of the Puzzle ............................................ 413 1. Senate Bill ............................................................. 414 2 . H ou se B ill.............................................................. 4 15 3. Governor Ralph N ortham ........................................ 417 E. Mapping the Path to Abolition in Virginia........................... 417 II. TEXAS..........................................................................................418 A. Landscape ofthe Death Penalty in Texas............................. 419 1. A history of the death penalty in Texas: from lynching to state executions ...................................................... 419 2. History of death penalty litigation in Texas .............. 420 3. The politics of the death penalty in Texas................. 424 4. An inadequate defense against the Texas death penalty ?J.D., Stanford Law School, 2024; B.A. Brown University, 2019. I was bom and raised in Austin, Texas. This Note is meant to shine a light on the relentless advocacy to abolish the death penalty happening in the South. I am incredibly grateful to the editors of the Stanford Journal of Civil Rights & Civil Liberties who put in countless hours to make this Note possible. I would also like to thank my family and loved ones, whose unwavering support have made my academic and professional career possible. 402