On September 30, the State of Florida plans to execute Victor Tony Jones, an intellectually disabled Black man who was brutally abused as a child at the Okeechobee School for Boys. He is part of the very group of survivors that the Florida Legislature formally recognized and compensated just last year through the Dozier and…

On August 29, 2025, Governor Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant for Victor Tony Jones, scheduling his execution for September 30. Jones is an intellectually disabled Black man who was brutally abused as a child at the hands of the State of Florida while confined at the Okeechobee School for Boys. For decades, courts dismissed…

Last night, the State of Florida sunk to another low as it executed David Pittman, an intellectually disabled man. As we said in our statement, which we urge you to share, last night Florida ignored a clear legal prohibition against executing people with intellectual disability. Instead they hid behind arbitrary and shifting procedural rules to…