Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  CONTACT: Mark Elliott FADP Director (727) 215-9646 [email protected] TAMPA, FL (September 15, 2020) – The Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) has released its report: “The Persistence of Racial Discrimination in the U.S. Death Penalty.” Read the report here. This report is of great importance to Florida as: Never has a white person been executed solely…

RELEASE OF FLORIDA’S 29TH EXONERATED DEATH ROW SURVIVOR REVEALS FATAL FLAWS IN DEATH PENALTY SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 29, 2019 CONTACT: Mark Elliott, FADP Director, (727) 215-9646, [email protected] JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA – Clifford Williams has become Florida’s 29th exonerated death row survivor. The Death Penalty Information Center confirmed that he is the 29th former Florida Death…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 21, 2018 CONTACT: Mark Elliott, FADP Director, (727) 215-9646, [email protected] THURSDAY: New Amnesty International Report to Highlight Flaws in Florida’s Death Penalty Program MIAMI, FL – Amnesty International will host a press conference to release their latest report, “Darkness visible in the Sunshine State: The death penalty in Florida,” on Thursday, August 23, 2018. The…