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Florida poised to become the most death-penalty friendly state

Last week, Gov. DeSantis signed Florida’s second death warrant of 2023, scheduling the execution of Louis Gaskin for April 12. The warrant comes less ...

FADP Opposes Passage of Bill That Would Remove Unanimity from Death Penalty Proceedings

The Florida Senate Rules Committee voted today to advance SB 450, Death Penalty (Ingoglia). This bill would return Florida to its outlier state of ...

Hearing Scheduled for Monday!

I promised to keep you informed and we just learned that one of the multiple pieces of legislation that would expand Florida’s death penalty ...

Stay the Execution of Louis Gaskin

As is common in the death penalty world, it has been an up and down week. First, the down: I am saddened that once ...

Execution set for April 12th

I am disheartened to share the news that Governor DeSantis once again, despite a non-unanimous jury sentence and significant evidence of mental illness, has ...

Opinion: Facts and politics collide in debate over this year’s death penalty overhaul

Opinion: Facts and politics collide in debate over this year’s death penalty overhaul The writers, both lawyers, argue that this year’s capital punishment rewrite ...