Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Tuesday, March 30, 2021 CONTACT: Mark Elliott, FADP Director, (727) 215-9646, mark@fadp.org TAMPA, FL – Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (FADP) applauds the Florida Senate Criminal Justice Committee for its unanimous yes vote on SB 1156,  exempting those with serious mental illness from execution. The bill is sponsored by Senator Jeff Brandes (R-24) who…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Wednesday, March 24, 2021 CONTACT: Mark Elliott, FADP Director, (727) 215-9646, mark@fadp.orgRICHMOND, VA – Today, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed a bipartisan bill to end the death penalty in the Commonwealth. This makes Virginia, once the leading execution state in the country, the 23rd state to end capital punishment. Responding to the bill signing, Mark Elliott, director of…

National Death Row Exoneration List Now 185 Innocent Men and Women. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Thursday, February 18, 2021 CONTACT: Mark Elliott, FADP Director, (727) 215-9646, mark@fadp.org WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Death Penalty Information Center announced that it is adding 11 people to their “Innocence List.” The national total is now 185 exonerated death row survivors since 1973. See the…