Arthur Brown, Jr. is scheduled for execution in Texas on March 9, 2023 for the 1992 murders of Jose Tovar, Jessica Quinones, Audrey Brown and Frank Farias.

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The following information comes from the Texas Defender Service & the Office of Forensic & Capitol Writs. More is here.

Arthur Brown, Jr. is a man who has been wrongfully convicted. His conviction was obtained using false evidence. His newly appointed attorneys have just discovered that the District Attorney suppressed exculpatory evidence showing that other people committed the murder.

Mr. Brown also shows signs of having intellectual impairments, including possible Fetal Alcohol Disorder - impairments that made him even more vulnerable to the injustice of this wrongful conviction.

Increasing the inhumanity of Mr. Brown’s conviction is the fact that his jury never heard mitigating evidence of the hardships he experienced as a child, including abject poverty, neglect, and severe abuse. Despite all he experienced, though, Mr. Brown grew to be a loving son, sibling, and father, until his arrest and wrongful conviction separated him from his life partner, his children, and his extended family.

Please do not allow the execution of this wrongfully convicted man, with intellectual impairments, to occur. I respectfully request the Board recommend clemency for Arthur Brown and for Governor Abbott to grant it; or in the alternative, that Mr. Brown be granted a 180-day reprieve so that his attorneys can continue their investigation into his innocence in light of the suppressed evidence.

Texas' aggressive execution schedule marks it as an outlier in its use of the death penalty while the majority of other states are on a downward trend of executions. In the last few years, Texas has been one of only a handful of states that have carried out death sentences - and it continues to do so targeting the poor, the mentally ill and people of color.

Please sign the petition asking Governor Abbott and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to do everything within their power to stop this execution, including issuing a reprieve, and seeking a path to clemency in the case.

Additionally, you may reach out now to the Board at bpp_clemency@tdcj.texas.gov and the Governor at https://gov.texas.gov/contact/and (512) 463-1782. You can simply leave a voice message, or choose to speak to a representative if you prefer.

Please note: In Texas, the Governor does have limited power when it comes to the death penalty. But the story we are told that "it's out of the governor's hands," is only true if we allow it to be. Yes, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles must recommend clemency in that state in order for the Governor to grant clemency (mercy) by commuting a death sentence. But the fact is that the governor appoints the members of the Board of Pardons and Paroles. He can choose to appoint members who will take valid claims and concerns more seriously, instead of acting like rubber-stamping gate-keepers. He can still use his position of power and influence to enact justice in the State of Texas.