RAIFORD, FLORIDA – After three years spent on Florida’s Death Row for a crime he did not commit, former Air Force Sergeant, Ralph Wright, Jr. has been freed. His release today makes him Florida’s 27th exonerated death row survivor, and the 159th person exonerated from death row in the United States since 1973, according to the Death Penalty…
Orlando Sentinel Commentary: 21-year-old political conservative: Why I oppose Florida’s death penalty
The death penalty has proved itself to be a costly, ineffective way of deterring crime in our streets, and it puts innocent lives at risk. There is no reason for Florida conservatives and others to have any faith in this broken government program. If we want a safer and more prosperous Florida, prosecutors need to…
Launch of Florida Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty
On June 14, 2017 at a news conference in front of the Orange County Courthouse, FADP, in partnership with Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, announced the formation of a new project, Florida Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, a network of conservatives questioning the alignment of capital punishment with their conservative principles. The formation…