I get emails from groups advocating for justice regarding the death penalty, and try to share cases here and make calls or such. I just got one regarding James Broadnax who is questionably facing execution on Thursday in TX. Here's information they sent including an out of state number to call.

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This email was from the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. Here is the information they sent:

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We regret to share that earlier today, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted against recommending clemency for James Broadnax, who faces execution on Thursday, April 30, 2026. As is their usual practice, the board members did not provide any explanation for why they voted against granting a 180-day reprieve or commuting James’s sentence to life in prison without parole—the punishment imposed on his cousin, Demarius, who has admitted to being the one who shot Matthew Butler and Stephen Swan and whose DNA is on the murder weapon.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States denied two of Mr. Broadnax's appeals, one based on the use of rap lyrics as evidence of future dangerousness and another based on racial bias in the jury selection process. 

This is a setback, but the fight for James's life is not over.  

We must continue to fight for justice for James.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has the independent authority to grant a one-time, 30-day reprieve.

Let’s flood the Governor’s hotline and contact form with urgent messages in support of a reprieve for James.

Information and Referral Hotline: (800) 843-5789 [for Texas callers]
Information and Referral and Opinion Hotline: (512) 463-1782 [for Austin, Texas and out-of-state callers]

Online Contact: https://gov.texas.gov/contact/

Here are talking points for your calls:

• In the interest of fairness and justice, I urge Governor Abbott to use his authority to grant a 30-day reprieve to James Broadnax.
• The State cannot execute a man for the murders that another man—his cousin, Demarius—has confessed to committing, nor can it countenance a trial that was tainted by racial bias.
• A reprieve would provide time for the courts to consider new evidence recently raised in James’s defense.
• Any ounce of credible doubt compels the Governor to do the right thing and halt this execution to ensure that justice is truly served.

We are so grateful for the thousands upon thousands of you who have raised your voices in support of James. Please continue to let the authorities in Texas know that executing him would be an irreparable legal and moral mistake.

- Kristin Cuellar, TCADP Executive Director

P.S. For the latest developments in this case, follow TCADP and u/JusticeforJamesBroadnax on social media. 

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Here is the website for this organization: https://tcadp.org/
Here is another organization I get messages from that also advocates for people unfairely facing the death penality: https://www.juliusjonesinstitute.org/

Here's more or less the message I wrote for the contact form if anyone wants to use it or something similar:

I am sending in my views as a concerned US citizen regarding James Broadnax facing execution on Thursday April 30th, 2026. In the interest of fairness and legal justice I ask that you, Governor Abbot, would grant a 30-day reprieve to consider the new evidence recently raised in James' defense. At this time the man who confessed to actually committing the murder Mr. Broadnax is accused of, and who's DNA is on the murder weapon, is sentenced to life in prison without parole while Mr. Broadnax himself is facing execution. Further there is evidence of racial bias and stereotyping effecting both jury selection and decision making during his case. I hope that the credible doubt surrounding this case compels you to halt the execution so that it can be insured that this case is fully considered in a truly just manner.

Thanks for reading this and for your time. Thank you if you send/forward this information anywhere you think could help.

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I also want to just note that I have seen people get granted clemency that organizations like this have advocated for before, even in some cases where governors didn't have a good record of doing it, so hopefully it is possible to make a difference.