For Immediate Release Thursday, March 1, 2018 Contact: Stephen K. Harper at [email protected] or 305-401-1600 New Poll Shows Miami-Dade County Voters Prefer Life Sentences Over the Death Penalty by 3 to 1 Margin; Want State Attorney to Reduce or Eliminate Use of the Death Penalty Voters Also Oppose the Death Penalty for Persons with Mental Illness, and Youth Under…
Press Advisory: Pinellas Co. FL Death Penalty Polling Results
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 Contact: Stephen K. Harper at [email protected] or 305-401-1600. New Poll Shows Pinellas County Voters Prefer Life Sentences Over the Death Penalty by 2 to 1 Margin; Want State Attorney to Reduce or Eliminate Use of the Death Penalty Voters Also Oppose the Death Penalty for Persons with Mental Illness, and…
Florida Execution Actions/Vigils/Protests
Tell Florida Governor Rick Scott to halt ALL executions! Scott ordered the execution of Eric Branch for Thursday, February 22nd at 6pm ET. Branch was sentenced to death under Florida’s now unconstitutional sentencing scheme (U.S. Supreme Court, Hurst v Florida 2016) after being convicted of killing Susan Morris in 1994. Please contact Gov. Rick Scott now with the new FADP/Equal Justice USA Direct Action tool. More than 30 Actions/Vigils/Protests are planned throughout Florida…
Event Update: Lake Worth (W. Palm Beach Area)
Kathy Dillon, murder victim family member, will tell the powerful story of her journey as part of a Death Penalty Discussion, 4:00PM Sunday, February 18th at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Lake Worth. SueZann Bosler, who was scheduled to speak is out of state attending an ill family member. When Kathy Dillon was 14 years…
Halt Florida Executions!
Governor Scott has ordered the execution of Eric Branch for Thursday, February 22nd at 6pm ET. Branch was sentenced to death in 1994 after being convicted of killing Susan Morris. Please contact Gov. Rick Scott now with the new direct action tool developed in partnership with Equal Justice USA. Gov. Scott had been ordering a new execution every month before the U.S.…
New Florida Death Warrant!
Governor Scott has ordered the execution of Eric Branch for Thursday, February 22nd at 6pm ET. Branch was sentenced to death in 1994 after being convicted of killing Susan Morris. Please contact Gov. Rick Scott now with the new direct action tool developed in partnership with Equal Justice USA. Gov. Scott had been ordering a new execution every month before the U.S. Supreme…
Saturday Event Update – Miami
We are happy to announce that Dr. Laura Finley, FADP Board Member, will join in the Saturday, January 13th event in Miami along with FADP Director, Mark Elliott. Please come and meet her. Laura Finley is Associate Professor of Sociology & Criminology at Barry University. She is author, co-author, or editor of twenty books and numerous book…
South Florida Events Co-Sponsored by FADP
MIAMI Saturday January 13, 2017 3-5PM The Parish Center St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church 2750 McFarlane Rd., Miami Special Event and Reception to support the work of Witness to Innocence. Special Guest Herman Lindsey, Florida’s 23rd exonerated Death Row survivor, joins Magdaleno Rose-Avila, Director of Witness to Innocence. Refreshments. Click on the FADP Event Page to find out more. Click…
Together we will END executions
As 2018 arrives, our work to end executions in Florida is expanding. This summer Governor Rick Scott resumed signing Death Warrants, the first since January 2016, setting the record for most executions overseen by a Florida governor. Recent polling shows 62% of Floridians now favor a sentence of life in prison without parole instead of…
Donate today to prevent executions in our future
Our work to end executions in Florida and protect the humanity of all those impacted by the death penalty system would not be possible without your support. Because of your contributions this year we were able to: Convene over 40 leaders from faith, human rights, civil rights, legal, academic, and community organizations at the first…