Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

I hope this message finds you and your loved ones healthy and safe. Like you, we are doing our best to adapt to the COVID-19 public health emergency. FADP is expanding online, electronic, and virtual capacity and capabilities for outreach and actions. All of us in the abolition struggle have learned the value of passion,…

Colorado Repeals! Today, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed legislation repealing the death penalty. Colorado is now one of 22 states that have abolished the death penalty. It took a team effort. There are now 32 states that have ended the death penalty or haven’t executed anyone in more that ten years. Last year, New Hampshire abolished…

Clemente Aguirre, the 28th exonerated Florida Death Row survivor, spent 14 years behind bars, including more than a decade on Florida’s Death Row, for a crime he did not commit. House Bill 6523 “Relief of Clemente Aguirre-Jarquin“ by Rep. Anna Eskamani and Senate Bill 24 by Sen. Victor Torres, would provide some compensation to him for his ordeal. These bills need to pass the FL House…