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URGENT ACTION: Sign the NEW Petition to Exempt People with Serious Mental Illness (the SMI bill) from the Death Penalty

NEW: Activist and Co-victim Christine Henderson Shatters Myths About the Death Penalty

TAMPA– Corless Barfield Trial Group, in conjunction with Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (FADP) and Equal Justice USA (EJUSA), has released a video interview on the death penalty featuring Christine Henderson, the Senior Manager of the EJUSA Trauma and Healing Network. The video is the second in a series entitled “Voices on the Death Penalty.” Ms. Henderson is uniquely qualified to speak to the issue through both a professional and personal lens.

In the video, Ms. Henderson describes the work of ‘bridging the gap’ between people of all backgrounds and beliefs to unite against the death penalty. She shatters myths about public opinion and the death penalty by underscoring the power of working with conservatives, evangelicals, and other groups on successful death penalty repeal efforts across the country. In the spirit of building bridges across divisions in our country, the date of publication for this video was chosen very intentionally– September 15 is International Democracy Day.

Ms. Henderson also shares the personal experience of losing her ‘favorite uncle’ to murder. It is a powerful moment in the video and one that reveals a truth too often lost in discussions about capital punishment: that many victims’ family members find meaning in their grief through working to seek restoration and healing.

“I’ve lost someone so I know that when we say ‘vengeance is mine’, it’s not going to help me,” said Ms. Henderson. “How do you live in a society where you kill people to teach people not to kill people?”


Contact Your House Members!

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First of all, we want to thank you again for signing our petition to exempt people with serious mental illness from the death penalty. We are almost at 1,500 signatures! Please take a moment to sign and share this petition so we can make our goal of 2,000 by October 9! Second, we promised we…

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Upcoming forum: Race and the Death Penalty

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We wanted to make sure you saw the information for our virtual panel this Friday, September 10 at 7 pm— there will be an incredible lineup of speakers! Register here. September 10 at 7 pm: A Seminar on Race & the Death Penalty will be presented for the Southeastern Yearly Meeting, Quakers. Moderated by FADP,…

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POWERFUL new op-ed from FADP executive director, Mark Elliott

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“The risk of executing an innocent person concerned him most. On the trip to Montgomery, he revealed that he believed innocent people had been executed in Florida. He had seen the system make terrible mistakes and as he told our interviewer, ‘You can’t bring back the dead and say, ‘I’m sorry.’’” Click here to read…

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