CNN: Jury Foreman Speaks Out: “I helped put Ivan Cantu on death row. Now I feel like I was fooled.” Jake Tapper Interviews Martin Sheen & Sister Helen Prejean on Their Fight to Delay Cantu’s Execution Wednesday View the Jake Tapper segment HERE View the Abby Phillip segment HERE For additional media inquiries & interview […]
View the “Morning Joe” segment HERE For additional media inquiries & interview requests, please contact press@moveon.org. LIVINGSTON, TX – On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sister Helen Prejean and Martin Sheen called on Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to issue a stay ahead of Ivan Cantu’s scheduled execution on February 28. Their […]
You Can’t Claim You Are Seeking a “Unity Ticket” by Courting Anti-Abortion Extremists With Views Opposed by the Majority of Voters Washington, D.C. – In response to news that No Labels is courting Nikki Haley for their third-party ticket despite her public rejections and sore-loser laws that stop a candidate from contesting the same election […]
View the AC360 segment HERE View the TYT segment HERE LIVINGSTON, TX – On last night’s Anderson Cooper 360, CNN’s Ed Lavandera reported on the controversy surrounding Ivan Cantu’s scheduled execution by the state of Texas on February 28 in light of a collection of damning pieces of evidence that suggest Cantu may have been framed for a double homicide […]
READ JULIÁN CASTRO AND JOAQUIN CASTRO’S OP-ED HERE AND THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS’ EDITORIAL HERE DALLAS – This week, with five days until Ivan Cantu’s scheduled execution on February 28, the Dallas Morning News published opinion pieces by its editorial board, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro, and Representative Joaquin Castro in […]
WATCH SPEAKERS HERE McKinney, TX – As reported by Fox 4, with five days until Ivan Cantu’s scheduled execution on February 28, leading anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean; Cantu’s 2001 trial jury foreman, Jeffrey Calhoun; and North Park Presbyterian’s Reverend Amy Moore, along with Cantu’s legal counsel, family, and friends, delivered remarks and a […]
Manchin: “I am not going to be a … spoiler, whatever you want to call it. I just don’t think it’s the right time.” Washington, D.C. – In response to news that Senator Joe Manchin will not run as a spoiler ticket for president on the No Labels ballot line, MoveOn Political Action Chief Communications […]
Washington, D.C. – Following reporting that No Labels is moving forward with choosing their third-party presidential candidates in secret with their millionaire donors in lieu of a nomination process, MoveOn Political Action Chief Communications Officer Joel Payne released the following statement: “Last time we checked, Presidential candidates are elected by millions of voters, not hand-picked […]
Washington, D.C. – Following reports that Democrat Tom Suozzi has won the special election to fill the seat of disgraced, corrupt George Santos in New York’s 3rd District, MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting released the following statement: “Our Long Island and Queens members were motivated to head to the polls to ensure the Trump-loving, anti-abortion […]
Advocates Seek Delay in 2/28 Execution With Evidence of Possible Wrongful Conviction WATCH FULL REPLAY Washington, D.C. — Today, MoveOn hosted a press call featuring key advocates—including lead anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean and actor Martin Sheen—who are campaigning to delay an execution of Ivan Cantu. Prejean and fellow activists will deliver remarks and […]