There are two important, informative, and activating events Sunday and Wednesday. If you are in NE or SE Florida please participate and share this message with friends.
SOUTHEAST FLORIDA “The Death Penalty – A Vision of Non-Violence”
An Evening With John Dear Sunday April 22, 2018 at 4PM
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church 100 N. Palmway, Lake Worth 33460 Rev. John Dear is a long time peace activist, lecturer and teacher, and the author of 35 books. He has been nominated many times for the Nobel Peace Prize, including by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. He works with CampaignNonviolence.org and the Vatican Nonviolence Initiative.
Sponsored by Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (FADP), St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Pax Christi Palm Beach.
NORTHEAST FLORIDA Public Forum: Unjust Application of Florida’s Unanimous Jury Death Sentencing Law Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 7PM
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall 2487 A1A South, St. Augustine 32080
Since the new Unanimous Jury law passed in Florida, the Florida Supreme Court has been sending back death penalty cases for resentencing, but only if juries were not unanimous and the sentencing occurred after June 2002. This is an arbitrary cutoff date that has made cases decided prior to 2002 ineligible for resentencing, a totally unequal application of the ruling, and it has left many unconstitutionally sentenced inmates in limbo, bringing untold anguish to many families.
Panel Participants include: Christine Henderson, National Organizer, Equal Justice USA Stephen Harper, Esq., Executive Director, Florida Center for Capital Representation Mark Elliott, Executive Director, Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (FADP) Special Guest, Ron Wright, Florida’s most recent Exonerated Death Row Survivor (#27)
Sponsored by: Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (FADP), Equal Justice USA, Amnesty International USA – Local Chapter #662, and Compassion in Action – an initiative of Compassionate St. Augustine.
Mark Elliott
Executive Director
Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty www.fadp.org
FADP is is a non-profit and non-partisan Florida organization of individuals and groups united to abolish the Death Penalty in Florida.
