Tomorrow evening at 6 pm ET, the State of Florida plans to execute Kayle Bates (Maud Dib Al Sharif Qu’un). Kayle is a 67-year-old Black Muslim veteran who has endured more than 42 years on death row. His execution reveals the broken state of Florida’s capital punishment system: Kayle was unconstitutionally setenced to death by…
Tallahassee, FL – On Wednesday, August 13, 2025, a delegation of veterans gathered to issue a plea to Governor Ron DeSantis to stop executing veterans. They presented a letter to the Governor’s office, signed by 165 veterans representing more than 1400 years of service in nearly every branch of the U.S. Armed Services. The letter…
Two Black Men Facing Execution Kayle Bates, a Black Muslim veteran, is scheduled to be executed one week from today — on Tuesday, August 19 at 6 pm ET. His attorneys have filed a civil rights lawsuit challenging Florida’s racially biased and unconstitutional death warrant selection process, arguing that the state disproportionately prioritizes cases involving…
