P R E S S   R E L E A S E
from
F L O R I DI A N S   FOR   A L T E R N A T I V E S
               TO THE DEATH PENALTY   (FADP)


1 December 2005

CONTACT: Abe Bonowitz: 800-973-6548

FLORIDIANS PROTEST 1000TH EXECUTION / JEB SIGNS TWO DEATH WARRANTS

Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty and local groups in 
Daytona, Gainesville, Jacksonville and Ocala will stage protests against 
tomorrows (2am in North Carolina) anticipated 1000th execution in the 
United States since the resumption of executions in 1977.  Details and 
contact information for local events are at 
http://www.1000executions.org/events.php#FL

FADP director Abe Bonowitz and FADP leader SueZann Bosler 
(http://www.fadp.org/flm_bios.html#sue) will be among protesters outside 
the prison at Raleigh tonight.  Contact Bonowitz at 561-371-5204 and Bosler 
at 305-707-8788.

"We remember the victims, Julie Curry Boyd and Thomas Dillard Curry," said 
Bosler, "But not with more killing."

More information about the 1000th execution is at www.1000executions.org 
and www.deathpenaltyinfo.org

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JEB BUSH SIGNS DEATH WARRANTS

Governor Bush has scheduled two executions for January 
(http://www.fadp.org/jebwarrants.html).  Clarence Edward Hill, 47, is 
scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. on Jan. 24. Arthur D. Rutherford, 56, is 
scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. on Jan. 31.

"We're about to have the 1000th execution in this country, with 60 of them 
in Florida," said Abe Bonowitz, director of Floridians for Alternatives to 
the Death Penalty.  "When will Jeb Bush come to grips with the fact that 
these executions are doing nothing but wasting tax dollars and deepening 
the pain of victims families?"

Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty across the state will 
mount protests as the executions approach.


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SENT BY:

Abraham J. Bonowitz
Director


           Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (FADP)

           800-973-6548    http://www.fadp.org    <fadp@fadp.org>
                 PMB 335, 2603 DR. Martin Luther King Jr. Hwy
	                      Gainesville, FL  32609

Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty works for restorative
justice in the form of effective alternatives to the death penalty.  It
does so by
     # supporting and coordinating the work of organizations and individuals
     # educating and energizing the general public and state legislators
     # supporting the many persons affected by capital crime and punishment
     # advocating specific legislative improvements