Shortly before 1:00 AM on the morning of March 25, 1997, I waved to the guard in the tower at Florida State Prison and waited for the outer gate to open. After it opened, I stepped inside and waited for the inner gate to open. A prison official was waiting inside the prison and escorted…
Sheila Meehan: Why I Oppose the Death Penalty
It’s easy to forgive the innocent. It’s the guilty who test our morality. People are more than the worst thing they’ve ever done. – Sister Helen Prejean “We are going to represent a man who killed three people. Do you think you can handle that kind of work?” That’s how my journey began about 25…
Video: Protest at Gary Bowles Execution
On Thursday, August 22, Gary Ray Bowles was executed for the 1994 murder of Walter Hinton. Bowels also pleaded guilty to five other murders and is serving life sentences for two of them. According to the Daytona Beach News-Journal, “A Duval County jury convicted and recommended death for Bowles in 1996. Two years later,…