FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 22, 2017 CONTACT: Mark Elliott, FADP Director, (727) 215-9646, [email protected] FLORIDA – Nearly 30 vigils and protests are planned statewide around the scheduled execution of Mark Asay on August 24 at 6PM ET for the killing of Robert Booker and Robert McDowell 30 years ago. For a list, please see the FADP Vigil and…
Release of Florida’s 27th Exonerated Death Row Survivor Highlights Fatal Flaws In Death Penalty System
RAIFORD, FLORIDA – After three years spent on Florida’s Death Row for a crime he did not commit, former Air Force Sergeant, Ralph Wright, Jr. has been freed. His release today makes him Florida’s 27th exonerated death row survivor, and the 159th person exonerated from death row in the United States since 1973, according to the Death Penalty…
Florida Death Warrant!!!
Gov. Scott has ordered the execution of Mark Asay for Thursday, August 24 at 6PM. This would be Florida’s first execution in 18 months. Gov. Scott had already broken the record for most executions under a Florida governor (23). In tragic irony, Florida also holds a national record – last month, Ralph Wright, Jr. became…
Orlando Sentinel Commentary: 21-year-old political conservative: Why I oppose Florida’s death penalty
The death penalty has proved itself to be a costly, ineffective way of deterring crime in our streets, and it puts innocent lives at risk. There is no reason for Florida conservatives and others to have any faith in this broken government program. If we want a safer and more prosperous Florida, prosecutors need to…
Launch of Florida Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty
On June 14, 2017 at a news conference in front of the Orange County Courthouse, FADP, in partnership with Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, announced the formation of a new project, Florida Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, a network of conservatives questioning the alignment of capital punishment with their conservative principles. The formation…
Florida Conservatives Are Rethinking The Death Penalty, Announcing Formation Of New Group
FLORIDA CONSERVATIVES ARE RETHINKING THE DEATH PENALTY, ANNOUNCING FORMATION OF NEW GROUP News Conference at Orange County Courthouse 11:00 AM Wednesday June 14th Florida Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, a network of conservatives questioning the alignment of capital punishment with their conservative principles, will hold a news conference to officially announce the group’s formation.…
LUSH Cosmetics Joins Death Penalty Abolition Campaign
LUSH Cosmetics is supporting death penalty abolition efforts and donating to the struggle. Their campaign to highlight the flaws of the death penalty and call for abolition is reaching important new audiences. Read more about the LUSH campaign. May 15-24 LUSH shops are featuring death penalty abolition awareness. Please visit your local LUSH store and let them know…
Floridians Speak Out
Florida is blessed with some of the nation’s most powerful and engaging speakers on our issue. Marietta Jaeger-Lane, co-founder of “The Journey of Hope…From Violence to Healing” now resides in the Sunshine State. She is one of a variety of fascinating and compelling direct experience storytellers available to speak to groups at Florida events. Please…
Another Florida Death Row Exoneration!!!
Ralph Wright, Jr has become the 27th exonerated Florida Death Row Survivor (so far) and the 159th nationally. It may take more than a month for the legal process to be completed so he can be released. Wright was convicted and sentenced to death in Pinellas County in 2013 through the efforts of State Attorney Bernie McCabe. Read more here:…
Report: Witness to Innocence “Gathering” in Tampa
Witness to Innocence held their annual Gathering in Tampa April 20-23. WTI is the national organization led by exonerated death row survivors and their families. The exceptional series of events was co-sponsored and co-organized by FADP. Prior to the Gathering, four exonerated death row survivors along with Alphonso Figgers (who sadly passed away April 26) travelled to…
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