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MEDIA ADVISORY FROM

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

Monday, 16 April 2001 Contact: Abe Bonowitz - Cell:  561-371-5204

Reporters are invited to schedule interviews with tour speakers by calling 561-371-5204

FLORIDA MORATORIUM TOUR SWINGS THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA

Murder Victim's Families Call For Healing, Not Vengeance

Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty presents the Florida Moratorium Tour.  Featured speakers include:

  • Bud Welch, whose daughter was one of the 168 people killed in the Oklahoma City bombing*.
  • SueZann Bosler*, whose father was murdered and who was herself stabbed and left for dead.
  • Bill Pelke, whose grandmother was murdered.
  • George White, who was wrongly convicted and imprisoned in the murder of his wife, in the Florida Moratorium Tour. 

These courageous individuals will share their stories of moving from fury to forgiveness as part of an awareness-raising tour highlighting concerns and questions about Florida's death penalty system.   For a complete list of participants, biographical statements, and more, please visit www.FADP.org.

The Florida Moratorium Tour began in Pensacola on April 6 and has visited Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Gainesville, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Orlando and Melbourne.  This week the tour will visit Miami, Palm Beach County and will end in Ft. Lauderdale on April 18.  For more information, call 800-973-6548 or visit <www.fadp.org>.

Sponsored by:  Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty Participating organizations include: The Journey of Hope …From Violence to Healing, Inc. The Florida Catholic Conference and The Florida Council of Churches. 

FLORIDIANS FOR ALTERNATIVES TO THE DEATH PENALTY (FADP) is a NEW state-wide organization, which was formed to raise awareness about how the death penalty is actually practiced, and to organize activism for alternatives to the death penalty.  Floridians are invited to contact FADP at 800-973-6548 or visit our website at <www.FADP.org>.

*NOTE:  Welch will leave the tour on April 11.  Bosler will join the tour on April 12.

Wednesday, 4 April 2001

CONTACT

Abe Bonowitz/ Cell:  561-371-5204
Reporters are invited to schedule interviews with tour speakers by calling 561-371-5204

FATHER OF OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING VICTIM TOURS FLORIDA
Murder Victim's Families Call For Healing, Not Vengeance

Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty presents the Florida Moratorium Tour. Featured speakers include:

  • Bud Welch, whose daughter was one of the 168 people killed in the
    Oklahoma City bombing*.
  • SueZann Bosler*, whose father was murdered and who was herself
    stabbed and left for dead.
  • Bill Pelke, whose grandmother was murdered.
  • George White, who was wrongly convicted and imprisoned in the
    murder of his wife, in the Florida Moratorium Tour.

These courageous individuals will share their stories of moving from fury to forgiveness as part of an awareness-raising tour highlighting concerns and questions about Florida's death penalty system. For a complete list of participants, biographical statements, and more, please visit www.FADP.org.

The Florida Moratorium Tour begins in Pensacola on April 6 and will visit 10 metropolitan areas in Florida before ending in Ft. Lauderdale on April 18. For more information, call 800-973-6548 or visit <www.fadp.org>.

Sponsored by: Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Participating organizations include: The Florida Catholic Conference and The Florida Council of Churches.


FLORIDIANS FOR ALTERNATIVES TO THE DEATH PENALTY (FADP) is a NEW state-wide organization, which was formed to raise awareness about how the death penalty is actually practiced, and to organize activism for alternatives to the death penalty. Floridians are invited to contact FADP at 800-973-6548 or visit our website at <www.FADP.org>.

NOTE:  Welch will leave the tour on April 11.  Bosler will join the tour on April 12.

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

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


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