The Law of Parties & the Death Penalty

Urge Them to Send HB 2267 to the Floor of the House for a Vote.

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) Plano  Republican

Email form for McCall: http://tinyurl.com/BrianMcCall

Room 1W.11, Capitol Bld.
Austin, TX 78701
(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 
P.O. Box 2910 
Austin, TX 78768 
(512) 463-0606 Phone
(512) 463-0660 Fax

Rep. Norma Chavez  El Paso  Democrat

Email form for Chavez  http://tinyurl.com/NormaChavez

Room CAP GN.8 
P.O. Box 2910 
Austin, TX 78768 
(512) 463-0622 Phone
(512) 478-6755 (Fax)

Rep. Garnet Coleman   Houston  Democrat

Email form for Coleman http://tinyurl.com/GarnetColeman

Room GW.17, Capitol Building 
Austin, TX 78701 
(512) 463-0524 Phone 
(512) 463-1260 Fax

Rep. Byron Cook   Navarro County  Republican

Email form for Cook http://tinyurl.com/ByronCook

Room EXT E2.410
P.O. Box 2910 
Austin, TX 78768 
(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 
Austin, TX 78768 
(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 
Austin, TX 78701 
(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    Seguin  Republican

Email form for Kuempel  http://tinyurl.com/EdmundKuempel
Room CAP 3N.06
P.O. Box 2910 
Austin, TX 78768 
(512) 463-0602 Phone
(512) 480-0391 Fax

Rep. Jim McReynolds  Lufkin  Democrat

Email form for McReynolds  http://tinyurl.com/JimMcReynolds
Room CAP 1W.3
P.O. Box 2910 
Austin, TX 78768 
(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