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…
Upcoming forum: Race and the Death Penalty
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,…
POWERFUL new op-ed from FADP executive director, Mark Elliott
“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…