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NEW: Activist and Co-victim Christine Henderson Shatters Myths About the Death Penalty

TAMPA– Corless Barfield Trial Group, in conjunction with Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (FADP) and Equal Justice USA (EJUSA), has released a video interview on the death penalty featuring Christine Henderson, the Senior Manager of the EJUSA Trauma and Healing Network. The video is the second in a series entitled “Voices on the Death Penalty.” Ms. Henderson is uniquely qualified to speak to the issue through both a professional and personal lens.

In the video, Ms. Henderson describes the work of ‘bridging the gap’ between people of all backgrounds and beliefs to unite against the death penalty. She shatters myths about public opinion and the death penalty by underscoring the power of working with conservatives, evangelicals, and other groups on successful death penalty repeal efforts across the country. In the spirit of building bridges across divisions in our country, the date of publication for this video was chosen very intentionally– September 15 is International Democracy Day.

Ms. Henderson also shares the personal experience of losing her ‘favorite uncle’ to murder. It is a powerful moment in the video and one that reveals a truth too often lost in discussions about capital punishment: that many victims’ family members find meaning in their grief through working to seek restoration and healing.

“I’ve lost someone so I know that when we say ‘vengeance is mine’, it’s not going to help me,” said Ms. Henderson. “How do you live in a society where you kill people to teach people not to kill people?”


ACTION Alert: It’s Time to End Florida’s Death Penalty

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Join us in calling on Florida state legislators to end the death penalty and expand compensation eligibility for the wrongfully convicted. Florida leads the nation with 30 people exonerated from death row since 1973, while 99 people have been executed. That’s one innocent person freed for every three people executed. Three-fourths (22 of 30) of…

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Virtual Panel: “It’s time to end the death penalty in Florida”

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Join the ACLU Florida Keys Chapter and FADP in an online forum to explore why Florida may soon be the next state to end the use of the death penalty. In the last 15 years, 11 states have repealed capital punishment, including Virginia which this month, became the 23rd state to end the death penalty in the U.S. When: Thursday,…

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WE DID IT!

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Today, with your calls and emails paving the way, the Senate Criminal Justice Committee unanimously passed SB 1156 (Brandes, R-24), exempting those with serious mental illness from execution. Incredible. This is what we have worked so hard for together. It’s now all hands on deck. We need your help to keep up the momentum First,…

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