Spotlight on FADP Board Member, Joe Thornton “If you see something, say something.” This is a common principal for public safety and prevention of harm. I had the unique experience 20 years ago to work as medical executive director and a psychiatrist at a Florida maximum-security prison and death row. In my role as a…
Nancy O’Byrne: Why I Advocate Ending Executions
Spotlight on FADP Board Chair, Nancy O’Byrne. When I was a little girl, probably nine or ten years old, my mother was raising me by herself and she often had to work long hours and weekends. I was one of those “latch key kids” after school from first grade on. My summer babysitter, a recent…
Why Mary Anne Fights to Abolish the Death Penalty
Spotlight on FADP Board Member, Mary Anne Hoffman. As I look back at my life I can’t remember ever accepting the death penalty. I grew up in Indiana, a state that to this day, still has the death penalty. I remember asking my mother what the death penalty was all about. She explained the law…