The urgency around ending our state’s flawed death penalty system could not be greater. Which is why last month FADP held Abolition Advocacy Action Days in the state capitol. New relationships with legislators and staff were formed, current relationships strengthened, new opportunities created, and follow-up meetings planned. More than twenty sit-down meetings took place. Each…

Spotlight on FADP Board Vice Chair, Ingrid Delgado Many years ago, my father was in front of a firing squad. He was 17 years old. 10 other men were with him to meet the same fate. He heard 10 consecutive shots. He saw 10 men fall to the ground, some of them while screaming, “Long…

Spotlight on FADP Board Member, Joyce Hamilton Henry, Ph.D., MSW When I was a child, my father was murdered. I still vividly recall the night my mother was contacted about his death and left to identify his body. I missed out on having my father in my life.  I was angry for many years. Knowing that the…