Dani Allen has rarely missed an execution vigil outside of the Huntsville, Texas prison since 2011. I first met her in Huntsville, at the execution vigil held on behalf of Tracy Beatty, who was executed on November 9, 2022. She is extremely dedicated to the abolition of the death penalty in Texas and has befriended many of those on death row in the process. In my interview with her, she shared the trauma she has experienced from witnessing four of her friends who have been executed over the years that have passed since she became close to many of those on Texas' death row, including the traumatic execution of her fiance, Billy Wardlow. In the video link above, you can see for yourself the extreme trauma she experienced at the time of Billy's funeral made much worse as a result of the callous treatment she received by the system: