FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 22, 2017 CONTACT: Mark Elliott, FADP Director, (727) 215-9646, [email protected] FLORIDA – Nearly 30 vigils and protests are planned statewide around the scheduled execution of Mark Asay on August 24 at 6PM ET for the killing of Robert Booker and Robert McDowell 30 years ago. For a list, please see the FADP Vigil and…
Florida Death Warrant!!!
Gov. Scott has ordered the execution of Mark Asay for Thursday, August 24 at 6PM. This would be Florida’s first execution in 18 months. Gov. Scott had already broken the record for most executions under a Florida governor (23). In tragic irony, Florida also holds a national record – last month, Ralph Wright, Jr. became…
LUSH Cosmetics Joins Death Penalty Abolition Campaign
LUSH Cosmetics is supporting death penalty abolition efforts and donating to the struggle. Their campaign to highlight the flaws of the death penalty and call for abolition is reaching important new audiences. Read more about the LUSH campaign. May 15-24 LUSH shops are featuring death penalty abolition awareness. Please visit your local LUSH store and let them know…
Floridians Speak Out
Florida is blessed with some of the nation’s most powerful and engaging speakers on our issue. Marietta Jaeger-Lane, co-founder of “The Journey of Hope…From Violence to Healing” now resides in the Sunshine State. She is one of a variety of fascinating and compelling direct experience storytellers available to speak to groups at Florida events. Please…
Another Florida Death Row Exoneration!!!
Ralph Wright, Jr has become the 27th exonerated Florida Death Row Survivor (so far) and the 159th nationally. It may take more than a month for the legal process to be completed so he can be released. Wright was convicted and sentenced to death in Pinellas County in 2013 through the efforts of State Attorney Bernie McCabe. Read more here:…
Report: Witness to Innocence “Gathering” in Tampa
Witness to Innocence held their annual Gathering in Tampa April 20-23. WTI is the national organization led by exonerated death row survivors and their families. The exceptional series of events was co-sponsored and co-organized by FADP. Prior to the Gathering, four exonerated death row survivors along with Alphonso Figgers (who sadly passed away April 26) travelled to…
Statement on New Poll of Orange – Osceola Voters on State Attorney Sentencing Decisions and Death Penalty
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 10, 2017 CONTACT: Mark Elliott, FADP Director, (727) 215-9646,[email protected] FLORIDA – The new poll released today shows by a two to one margin, Orange and Osceola County voters support life in prison with no parole over the death penalty and by the same margin, support data-driven policies to make justice more fair and…
Statement on Gov. Scott’s decision to remove State Attorney Aramis Ayala from 21 more murder cases due to her stance on the death penalty
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 3, 2017 CONTACT: Mark Elliott, FADP Director, 727-215-9646, [email protected] TAMPA, FL – Today, Florida Governor Rick Scott removed Ninth Judicial Circuit State Attorney Aramis Ayala from 21 murder cases and reassigned them to Fifth Circuit State Attorney Brad King, a longtime death penalty proponent. Responding to the Governor’s announcement, Mark…
Rally to Tally Report
Thursday, March 30, more than 400 concerned Floridians, representing a diversity of groups from across the state, rallied with us at the Capitol building in Tallahassee calling for an end to the death penalty and supporting Orlando State Attorney Aramis Ayala’s decision not to seek death sentences. 10 buses along with carpools brought Floridians from…
Orlando State Attorney Update and Thursday Orlando Forum
Thursday, March 23 at 6:00 pm a community forum that includes Former Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice James Perry will discuss “What’s going on with the death penalty, the Governor and the State Attorney?” Please attend this important community event. Rejoice in the Lord Ministries, 8053 Gilliam Road, Apopka, FL 32703. Please come out, bring…
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