John Grisham has written a book dealing with this topic called "The Confession" and he takes a decidedly anti death penalty view. He notes that in Texas those opposed to the death penalty are called "abolitionists". This can be found in chapter 38 of the book along with a list of anti death penalty groups. Execution Watch, Students Against the Death Penalty and Death Penalty Focus all check out to be real (at least according to Google). I find it interesting that a state that was a former member of the Southern Confederacy would use the term "abolitionist", knowing how that term is viewed with considerable disdain in the old south. I googled the term "abolitionist" and death penalty and came up with a group called The Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement. This group was founded in 1994 and created its own name.
(Source: The Confession by John Grisham and texasdeathpenalty.com).
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