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)


24 January 2006

CONTACT:
Abe Bonowitz for FADP: 561-371-5204
Mark Elliott for Amnesty International USA:  727-215-9646


FLORIDIANS OPPOSE TUESDAY'S EXECUTION

Floridians throughout the state have been contacting Governor Bush to 
urge him to stop Tuesday's scheduled 6pm execution of Clarence Hill 
and to commute Hill's sentence to life in prison without the 
possibility of parole, THE alternative to the death penalty in 
Florida.  Visibility protests at the time of the execution are 
scheduled in numerous cities, and communities of faith across the 
United States will toll their bells or otherwise indicate their 
opposition to the killing.

"We remember the victim in this case, Police Officer Stephen Alan 
Taylor, and we extend our condolences and prayers to his family," 
said Abe Bonowitz, Director of Floridians for Alternatives to the 
Death Penalty (FADP).  "But no amount of killing with bring back 
Officer Taylor or make his loved ones feel any better, nor will this 
execution protect others or prevent future murders.  All we are doing 
is creating one more grieving family - that of Clarence Hill."

Members of Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty will 
stage protests at the time of the execution in Clearwater, 
Gainesville, Jacksonville, Orlando, Starke, Tallahassee, and 
elsewhere.  A complete listing is at http://www.fadp.org/localprotests.html.

Additional case information is at 
http://www.fadp.org/takeact.html#hillbackground.

Read the statement by the Florida Catholic Bishops at 
http://www.flacathconf.org/Publications/BishopsStatements/Bpst2000/DeathPenalty1-19-06.htm .


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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