The Florida Supreme Court has unanimously issued a Stay of Execution for Jose Jimenez who was scheduled to be executed August 14. Legal briefs are due by August 28 and if oral arguments are needed, they will be scheduled for a later date. Although this is good news for now, these are very perilous times with some highly competitive Florida election campaigns in…
Pope Francis Commits Church to Abolish Death Penalty Worldwide
Pope Francis has ordered a revision of the Catechism of the Catholic Church to assert “the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person” Read more here. This is an historic development. The Pope’s declaration may put Catholic politicians and officials, who support executions, in a difficult position. Read…
New Florida Death Warrant
Florida Governor Scott has signed a Death Warrant and ordered the execution of Jose Jimenez for Tuesday, August 14th at 6pm ET. Jimenez was sentenced to death in 1994 after being convicted of killing Phyllis Minas. Please contact Gov. Rick Scott now with the direct action tool developed in partnership with Equal Justice USA. Gov. Scott had been ordering a new execution every…
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