Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty and our allies call for simultaneous execution vigils across the state at the time of executions. Each vigil group in Florida is independent and establishes its activities according to the needs, strategies, and resources of its members. ALL are welcome to participate in ANY vigil. If you do not see your area listed or want to organize a local action, please get in touch with FADP at [email protected]. This page lists some Florida events beginning with the event at Florida State Prison. Updated June 21, 2026.
Execution Day | 5:00 pm
Join Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (FADP) and allies from across the state at 5:00 p.m. for a vigil ahead of the scheduled execution. Gather in the designated area across the highway from the Death Chamber at Florida State Prison, 23916 NW 83rd Ave, Raiford, FL 32026. The execution is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. Signs are encouraged.
23916 NW 83rd Ave, Raiford, FL 32026
Contact: [email protected]
Death Penalty Action | Execution Day | 5:00 pm
Join Death Penalty Action and Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty for a live, informative, and prayerful online vigil beginning at 5 pm ET. We’ll check in with live on-the-ground vigils at the prison, and we’ll continue until the execution is either stayed or completed. Register to be a part of the live audience, or watch on the Death Penalty Action Facebook Page.
Catholics for Abolition in North Carolina | Execution Day | 7:00 pm
Members and friends of Catholics for Abolition in North Carolina gather to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet following each execution. Register to receive the link and the text of the Chaplet if you’d like to pray on your own.
Execution Day | 8:00 am to 4 pm
San Juan del Rio
(Day of Adoration) in Chapel behind the altar
1718 State Road 13, St. Johns
Execution Day | 6:00 to 7:00 pm
Corpus Christi
(Holy Hour) in Adoration Chapel
6175 Datil Pepper Rd, St Augustine
Execution Day | 9:00 am to 9 pm
St Joseph
(Day of Adoration) in Cody Adoration Chapel
4152 Loretto Rd, Jacksonville
Execution Day | 3:30 to 4:30 pm
St Anastasia
(Holy Hour)
5205 A1A S, St Augustine
Execution Day | 1:00 to 3:00 pm
National Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche at Mission Nombre de Dios
Exposition in Main Church
101 San Marco Ave, St Augustine
Execution Day | 8:00 to 9:00 am
Santa Maria del Mar
(Holy Hour) in Main Church
915 N Central Ave, Flagler Beach
Daytona Beach Bus to Prison Vigil, Diocese of Orlando
Execution Day | 1:30 pm
Contact: Our Lady of Lourdes, 386-255-0433
Carpool to Prison Vigil, Execution Day | 4:30 pm
We will leave Gainesville at 4:30 pm from the parking lot of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 4225 NW 34th St, Gainesville.
Please join Gainesville Citizens for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (GCADP) and others in witnessing our opposition to state-sanctioned murder. The vigil includes a short prayer service & the tolling of a bell to mark the execution hour, a bell that is heard on Death Row so the other inmates know we are there to say, “Not in Our Name.”
Contact: Miriam Welly Elliott, 352-278-4342.
Return time is uncertain as executions are sometimes delayed. If it goes on schedule, the carpool can leave around 6:30 pm & be back in Gainesville by 7:15. Otherwise, the riders will stay at the prison until there is news of the execution or a stay OR the riders can decide to return prior to the conclusion of events. The organized vigil activity concludes around 6:30 pm.
Execution Day | 5:00 pm
US Federal Building Courthouse: 299 E Broward Blvd. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Execution Day | 5:30 pm
Chapel at San Pedro Catholic Church, 14380 Tamiami Trail North Port, FL 34287
On the day of execution, we meet at San Pedro at 5:30 pm. The vigil usually lasts about 45 minutes. We begin with a reminder of why we are there and pray together until 6:00 pm (that’s when the execution is usually scheduled). There is a pause for a minute of silent prayer for the condemned and then finish the prayers left in the program (usually by 6:15 pm).
Execution Day | 5:00 – 6:00 pm
Northwest corner of Ulmerton Road and 49th Street North in mid-Pinellas County
Join Tampa Bay area death penalty abolitionists for a vigil opposing the execution from 5:00-6:00 PM on the northwest corner of Ulmerton Road and 49th Street North in mid-Pinellas County. The execution is scheduled for 6:00 PM. This is where death penalty opponents have gathered during executions for many years. It is at the intersection of two main roads in Pinellas County, and it is near the court and jail complex. Park in the vacant lot behind Checkers. We will provide signs, or you can bring your own. If the execution is stayed, the vigil will be cancelled.
Contact: John and Sheila at [email protected] or (727) 492-1590.
Execution Day | 9:30 am
Good Shepherd Catholic Church, 4665 Thomasville Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32309
Good Shepherd Catholic Church will hold a prayer vigil at approximately 9:30 am in the church.
Execution Day | 6:00 pm
Governor’s Mansion, 700 N. Adams St., Tallahassee, FL 32303
TCADP Facebook Group
Tallahassee Citizens Against the Death Penalty (TCADP) will host a candlelight Vigil in front of the Governor’s mansion at the time of the execution. Fencing and metal barricades have been placed around the outside perimeter of the mansion. The Vigil will take place outside the perimeter in the small parking area that faces the mansion. You can access it from N. Monroe by turning on E. 1st Street towards the mansion.
Day After Execution | 12:00 pm
Capitol Rotunda, 400 S. Monroe St., Tallahassee, FL 32399
TCADP Facebook Group
If the execution takes place, Tallahassee Citizens Against the Death Penalty (TCADP) will hold a Service of Remembrance.
Execution Day
For Whom The Bells Toll is a campaign for people of faith and their communities to publicly express opposition to executions – and to pray for all of those impacted in the aftermath of murder.
