Yesterday, Thursday May 22, Governor DeSantis signed HB 693: Aggravating Factors for Capital Felonies into law. This legislation unnecessarily expands Florida’s death penalty by adding an aggravating factor for sentencing for capital felonies if a victim of the capital felony was gathered with one or more persons for a school activity, religious activity, or public…

Last night at the vigil for the state-sanctioned murder of Glen Rogers, Father Fred Ruse delivered a powerful sermon on the importance of continuing to bear witness to these killings, so that the State cannot hide its violence in the shadows. I encourage you to watch the entire vigil here. And please read and share…

Tonight, we the people of the State of Florida executed Glen Rogers for the 1995 murder of Tina Marie Cribbs.  Long before he ever committed a crime, Glen was beaten, trafficked for sex, repeatedly raped by adult women, and forced by a child predator to pose for sexually explicit pictures—all before he was a teenager. …