Dear Chair Martin, Vice Chair Bradley, and Members of the Florida Senate Criminal Justice Committee, My name is Doris Strong, and I’m writing today to voice my opposition to SB 450, Jury Recommendations in Death Penalty Cases. I am a member of several organizations for crime survivors working together to create healing communities and shape…

As you know, we have been monitoring proposed legislation that would expand Florida’s death penalty and make it the easiest state in the country to get a death sentence. The legislation would require just 8 votes in favor of death, and would allow a judge to override a jury’s recommendation for a life sentence and…

I woke up with a heavy heart knowing that the State of Florida executed Donald Dillbeck last night. And yet, in times of darkness and frustration, I know that we must always look for the light. Your overwhelming support and mobilization to stop this execution was unlike anything I’ve seen in my 17 years of…