Gov. Scott has ordered the “People of the State of Florida” to kill Johnny Shane Kormondy on Thursday, January 15 at 6pm ET. Kormondy was sentenced to death for the killing of Gary McAdams of Pensacola 21 years ago. This would be the 21st execution of a well-secured, captive prisoner ordered by Richard Lynn Scott.…
3 Exonerations in Ohio…after 39 years
This week in Ohio, three men who were sentenced to death 39 years ago were exonerated. All charges were dropped for Ricky Jackson, Wiley Bridgeman, and his brother Kwame Ajamu for a murder that occurred in 1975. Wiley once came within 20 days of being executed. Judge Richard McMonagle, who dismissed the charges against Jackson, said,…
25th Florida Death Row Exoneration!
Carl Dausch has been added to the Death Penalty Information Center’s list of people exonerated from death rows. He is Florida’s 25th exonerated Death Row survivor (by far the most in the nation). The national total has now reached 147. This comes as Florida is set to execute Chad Banks on Nov. 13. This 8th…