Contact members
of the Texas House Committee on Calendars
HB 2267 Would
Prohibit Death Sentences Under the Law of Parties.
Sample Message (change it to your own words) “Hello, I am calling to urge Representative X to vote in the Calendars Committee to send HB 2267, the Law of Parties bill, to the floor of the House for a vote. HB 2267 would require separate trials for co-defendants in capital trials and would prohibit the state from seeking the death penalty for people who do not kill anyone but are convicted under the Law of Parties. I do not believe it is fair to sentence someone to death, like Kenneth Foster was, if they did not kill anyone. Thank you”.
The Law of Parties allows people who "should
have anticipated" a murder to receive the death penalty for the actions of
another person who killed someone. A person sentenced to death under the
Law of Parties has not killed anyone. They are accomplices or co-conspirators of one
felony, such as robbery, during which another person killed
someone.
Please contact your own state representative and
at least some of the committee members on the list below. You can find out who
your own representative is at http://www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us
Members of the House Committee on Calendars
Rep. Brian McCall
(Chair)
Email form for McCall: http://tinyurl.com/BrianMcCall
Room 1W.11, Capitol Bld.
(512) 463-0594 Phone
(512) 474-7512 Fax
Rep. Eddie Lucio
III Democrat Cameron County
Email form for Lucio http://tinyurl.com/EddieLucioIII
Room EXT E1.318
(512) 463-0606 Phone
(512) 463-0660 Fax
Rep. Norma Chavez
Email form for Chavez
http://tinyurl.com/NormaChavez
Room CAP GN.8
(512) 463-0622 Phone
(512) 478-6755 (Fax)
Rep. Garnet
Coleman
Email form for Coleman http://tinyurl.com/GarnetColeman
Room GW.17,
(512) 463-0524 Phone
(512) 463-1260 Fax
Rep. Byron Cook Navarro
Email form for Cook http://tinyurl.com/ByronCook
Room EXT E2.410
(512) 463-0730 Phone
(512) 463-2506 Fax
Rep. Brandon
Creighton Conroe Republican
Email form for Creighton http://tinyurl.com/BrandonCreighton
Room EXT E1.412
P.O. Box 2910
(512) 463-0726 Phone
(512) 463-8428 Fax
Rep. Charlie
Geren Tarrant County Republican
Email address: charlie.geren@house.state.tx.us
Room E2.308, Capitol Extension
(512) 463-0610 Phone
(512) 463-8310 Fax
Rep. Jim Keffer (Eastland) Republican
Email form for Keffer http://tinyurl.com/JimKeffer
Room E2.418, Capitol Extension
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 463-0656 Phone
(512) 478-8805 Fax
Rep. Lois W.
Kohlkorst (Brenham) Republican
Email form for Kohlkorst
http://tinyurl.com/LoisKohlkorst
Room E2.318, Capitol Extension
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 463-0600 Phone
(512) 463-5240 Fax
Rep. Edmund
Kuempel
Email form for Kuempel
http://tinyurl.com/EdmundKuempel
Room CAP 3N.06
(512) 463-0602 Phone
(512) 480-0391 Fax
Rep. Jim
McReynolds
Email form for McReynolds
http://tinyurl.com/JimMcReynolds
Room CAP 1W.3
(512) 463-0490 Phone
(512) 463-9059 Fax
Rep. Allen Ritter Jefferson County Democrat
Email form for Ritter http://tinyurl.com/AllenRitter
Room E2.406, Capitol Extension
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 463-0706 Phone
(512) 463-1861 Fax
Rep. Burt R.
Solomons Denton County Republican
Email form for Solomons
http://tinyurl.com/BurtSolomons
Room E1.420, Capitol Extension
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 463-0478 Phone
(512) 463-2089 Fax
