Drop All Charges Now!

Push to drop charges against 1991 yogurt shop slaying suspects

That's what the Campaign to End the Death Penalty wants to see Travis Co. District Attorney Ronnie Earle do with the two remaining yogurt shop murder suspects -- Michael Scott and Robert Springsteen -- who are still awaiting retrial for the grisly 1991 quadruple murder.

You can read and sign their new petition here.

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