Florida is killing someone every 16 days, the fastest pace in modern history. These executions serve no purpose other than to perpetuate violence in the name of justice. Florida plans to continue its unprecedented killing spree with the scheduled execution of Norman Mearle Grim on Tuesday, October 28 at 6 pm and Bryan Jennings on…

On Tuesday night, Florida executed 72-year-old Samuel “Sammy” Lee Smithers for the 1996 murders of Christie Cowan and Denise Roach. He was the oldest person executed in Florida’s modern era. In our written statement and words shared at vigils around the state, we shared about the futility of executing an elderly man who no longer…

Tonight, We the People of the State of Florida executed 72-year-old Samuel “Sammy” Lee Smithers for the 1996 murders of Denise Roach and Christie Cowan. Sammy was the oldest person executed in the modern era of Florida’s death penalty. We killed a man with a profound history of head trauma and brain damage who was…