rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/reverse-halprins-death-sentence-from-racistanti-semitic-judge?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-reverse-halprins-death-sentence-from-racistanti-semitic-judge' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Death Penalty Action https://actionnetwork.org/groups/death-penalty-action https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/petitions/photos/000/143/508/normal/AP_19162554257387-e1560360746554-640x400.jpg Randy Halprin is on death row in Texas and was scheduled for execution on October 10, 2019, even though he never killed anyone. His execution was stayed by the courts looking into anti-semitism by the judge in his trial court. Halperin was in a Texas prison and participated in an escape with six other prisoners which eventually resulted in the murder of a police officer by a different escapee. Texas is a state with a so-called "Law of Parties" which holds all participants in a crime equally culpable for the actions of an individual. Judge Vickers Cunningham sentenced Randy Halprin to death, however, evidence has arisen to demonstrate that Judge Cunningham referred to Mr. Halprin as “that fuckin’ Jew” and a “goddamn kike.” He ascribed to at least one old anti-Semitic trope and believed that Jews “needed to be shut down because they controlled all the money and all the power.” Under settled Texas and federal law, these beliefs and statements clearly meet the definition of bias. Read the Amicus brief filed on September 5, 2019 by various Jewish organizations and more than 100 Jewish Texas lawyers. Please sign and share this petition! https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/reverse-halprins-death-sentence-from-racistanti-semitic-judge