Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

Nebraska Overwhelmingly Votes for Abolition! Nebraska legislators have again passed a bill to abolish the death penalty. Today’s final vote was 32-15, enough votes to override a veto promised by Gov. Ricketts. If the vote holds, Nebraska would be the first conservative Republican state to abolish the death penalty in 42 years and the 19th…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                  CONTACT: MARK ELLIOTT APRIL 22, 2015                                                                                       727.215.9646…

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Florida’s unusual death penalty sentencing scheme is constitutional. The high court will hear arguments in the case of Hurst v. Florida in the next session that begins in October. Florida is an outlier in how juries decide whether or not to recommend a sentence of death.…