Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

FADP Press Release – Florida Death Sentencing Unconstitutional

January 12, 2016 by Mark Elliott

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mark Elliott Director, Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (727) 215-9646, [email protected] Florida Death Sentencing Unconstitutional Florida executions continue in record numbers Tampa, FL, January 12, 2016 — The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled Florida’s death sentencing scheme to be unconstitutional. This came in an 8-1 decision in Hurst v…

FADP FL Press Release – 2015 Death Sentences

December 15, 2015 by Mark Elliott

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, December 16, 2015 Contact: Mark Elliott, (727) 215-9646, [email protected] Florida Death Sentences on the Decline, Reach Lowest Level in 11 Years Florida is One of Just Six States to Carry Out Executions in 2015 Tampa, FL — Florida is ending 2015 with just nine new death sentences–the lowest number of death…

Death Sentences Closely Track Drop in Public Support for the Death Penalty

December 15, 2015 by Mark Elliott

Historical trends in executions and new death sentences closely track changes in public attitudes about the death penalty and crime in general, according to a comprehensive University of North Carolina analysis of national public opinion surveys on the death penalty. Read more here.