A Texas tour of “The Penalty” begins this week and runs through mid-November. The screenings are free and open to the public. Click on one of the links below for more information. 10/29 – University of Texas school of law, Austin – 6pm Francis Auditorium at the University of Texas Law School 10/30 – St Edward’s University, Austin, 7pm FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1264629050382859/ Website: http://www.thepenaltyfilm.com/screenings/st-edwards-austin 10/1 – UIW, San Antonio, 3pm (not open to the public) 11/3 – Blue Starlite, Austin, 8pm FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/716000415540552/ Website: http://www.thepenaltyfilm.com/screenings/blue-starlite-austin 11/4 – Northwest Vista College, San Antonio, 7pm FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2553721504685853/ Website: http://www.thepenaltyfilm.com/screenings/nvc 11/4 – Texas State University, San Marcos, 7-9:30pm 11/6 – University of Houston Downtown, 6pm FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/424224611618926/ Website: http://www.thepenaltyfilm.com/screenings/uhd 11/7 – Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, 5pm  11/8 – 14 Pews

Texas conservative and GOP Precinct Chairman, Pat Monks, explains why Texas should repeal the death penalty in a recent Daily Caller column. When speaking of the 500th execution in Texas, Mr. Monks said, “As a lifelong Texan and conservative Republican, I think this latest execution represents a sad and solemn milestone.” He went on to say, “Liberty-loving conservatives are waking up to the risk of executing innocent people, as well as the outrageous expense of capital trials and their endless appeals. Many of us now realize the death penalty does nothing to make us safer and does not deter killers. Despite all its executions, Texas had the 23rd highest murder rate in the nation in 2011.”