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MEDIA ADVISORY FROM

FLORIDIANS FOR ALTERNATIVES TO THE DEATH PENALTY (FADP.org)

Tuesday, February 05, 2002

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EVOLVING STANDARDS OF DECENCY?

Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty to Protest Execution of Mentally Retarded Man.

Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty will stage "visibility action" protests in at least nine cities throughout Florida this evening against the planned execution of Linroy Bottoson, 62, who is scheduled to be killed by the people of Florida in revenge for his 1979 murder of Catherine Alexander.

"No one disputes that Linroy Bottoson is mentally retarded and brain damaged," said Fred Eisinger, Executive Director of Seagull Industries for the Disabled, and a board member of Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. "What should concern people is that under current law, which was signed by Governor Bush last year, disallows the execution of the mentally retarded. Therefore, Bottoson would not be eligible for the death penalty. Is this execution the result of 'evolving standards of decency?'"

WHO: Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
WHAT: Public "visibility action" Protests
WHEN: Around killing time - see list for area specifics
WHERE: In at least NINE Florida Communities
WHY: Calling attention to the killing du jour; Demanding better public policy and an immediate moratorium on executions.

FOR FURTHER DETAILS, GO TO WWW.FADP.ORG

SIMULTANEOUS VIGILS ARE PLANNED

for 5:30pm to 6:30pm on Tuesday, 5 February
2002, and Thursday, 7 February 2002, at the following locations:

STARKE

MIAMI

**5PM**
St. Margaret Mary Parish in Winter Park will toll their bells for two
minutes as part of the national "For Whom the Bells Toll" campaign. See <http://www.curenational.org/~bells/> for details.

PALM BEACH COUNTY

TALLAHASSEE

If either prisoner is killed, TCADP will have a joint service of
remembrance for either or both Bottoson and Robert Trease, as well as for the victims of the crimes for which they were convicted. This service will take place at noon Friday, February 8, in the Capitol Rotunda.

TAMPA

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For more information on Linroy Bottoson's case, see http://www.fadp.org

SENT BY:

Abraham J. Bonowitz
Director

Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (FADP)
800-973-6548
fadp@fadp.org
www.fadp.org
PMB 335, 2603 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Hwy,
Gainesville, FL 32609

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