Last night, Florida executed Kayle Bates (Maud Dib Al Sharif Qu’un), a 67-year-old Black Muslim veteran who spent more than four decades on death row. Kayle’s case was poisoned by racial bias, ineffective counsel, and the denial of basic constitutional rights. No Floridians woke up safer this morning, but many woke up grieving. Please take…

Tonight, we the people of the State of Florida executed Kayle Bates (Maud Dib Al Sharif Qu’un), a 67-year-old Black Muslim veteran who had survived more than four decades on death row. That is the 10th time we have uttered that phrase this year alone, and the 17th time since February of 2023. From the…

Today, FADP delivered nearly 6,000 petition signatures in person to Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Board of Executive Clemency on behalf of Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (FADP), Death Penalty Action (DPA), and Catholic Mobilizing Network (CMN), urging them to stop Kayle Bates’ execution. The petitions demand that Governor DeSantis use his…