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Tonight, We The People of the State of Florida killed Victor Tony Jones, a man who just nine months ago the State recognized as a victim of abuse at the state-run Okeechobee School for Boys. We killed an intellectually disabled Black man with an IQ of under 75, whose execution should have been barred by…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The State of Florida plans to execute Victor Jones tonight at 6:00 p.m. Mr. Jones was sentenced to death for the 1990 killings of Matilda “Dolly” Nestor and Jacob “Jack” Nestor. Today, FADP will deliver nearly 5,000 petition signatures to Governor Ron DeSantis urging him to halt the execution. We have also…

Tomorrow, Florida is scheduled to carry out its 13th execution this year. Barring a stay, Victor Jones, an intellectually disabled Black man who survived horrific abuse at the Okeechobee School for Boys, will be killed at 6 p.m. For decades, Florida officials dismissed Victor’s testimony of abuse as “not credible.” Prosecutors mocked him at trial,…