Governor Scott has ordered the execution of Patrick Hannon for Wednesday, November 8th at 6pm ET. Hannon was sentenced to death in 1991. Gov. Scott had been ordering a new execution every month before the U.S. Supreme Court essentially halted Florida executions by ruling Florida’s death sentencing scheme unconstitutional. It looks like Scott is now back on track ordering monthly executions. This would be the 26th execution ordered…
Floridians Deserve Better: Halt the Execution of Michael Lambrix
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 3, 2017 CONTACT: Mark Elliott, FADP Director, (727) 215-9646, [email protected] TAMPA, FL – On Thursday, October 5th, Michael Lambrix is scheduled to be executed after spending 33 years on Death Row. Since Florida restarted executions, 93 people have been executed under Florida’s flawed death penalty law while 27 innocent people on…
30 Execution Vigils-Protests Set Statewide
Florida continues the premeditated and unnecessary killing of well-secured captive prisoners. Richard Lynn Scott has already overseen the killing of 24 incarcerated people. Gov. Scott ordered the People of the State of Florida to kill Michael Lambrix on Thursday, October 5th, at 6pm ET, for being convicted of killing Clarence Moore, Jr and Aleisha Bryant…
Statement from Mike Lambrix’s Spiritual Advisor
“As the state of Florida moves forward on a death warrant for Mr. Lambrix, they are asserting procedural bar against allowing a hearing on his evidence of self-defense and other late discovered evidence of innocence. The purpose of procedural bar in death penalty cases is so the state can kill people without giving them a…
URGENT! TAKE ACTION!
Mike Lambrix of Florida is scheduled to be executed Thursday, October 5th at 6:00PM. He has been on Death Row 33 years. Please contact Florida Gov. Rick Scott and ask him to halt the execution of Michael Lambrix and grant a new clemency hearing Mike’s only clemency hearing was 30 years ago Mike has a…
Death Warrant – Mike Lambrix
Governor Scott has ordered the execution of Michael Lambrix for Thursday, October 5th at 6pm ET. Mike Lambrix was sentenced to death 33 years ago for the killing of Clarence Moore and Aleisha Bryant. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Florida’s non-unanimous death sentencing scheme is unconstitutional. The jury vote for death for Lambrix was not unanimous: 8-4 for Moore and 10-2…
FADP Statement on Florida Supreme Court Denial of Aramis Ayala Petition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 31, 2017 CONTACT: Mark Elliott, FADP Director, (727) 215-9646, [email protected] Breaking News: Aramis Ayala will hold a Press Conference Friday September 1st at 11:00am in front of the Orange County Courthouse 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801. Community invited. TALLAHASSEE, FL — On Thursday, August 31, The Florida Supreme Court denied Ninth Judicial Circuit State Attorney…
Mark Asay Executed
By order of Gov. Rick Scott, the “People of the State of Florida” executed Mark Asay Thursday, August 24 at 6pm. Concerned Floridians held 30 vigils and protests throughout Florida to protest executions and remember murder victims. For a news report, please click here. Polls now show that by a 2-1 margin, Florida voters prefer…
Thursday’s Scheduled Florida Execution of Mark Asay Would Mark Historic Firsts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 22, 2017 CONTACT: Mark Elliott, FADP Director, (727) 215-9646, [email protected] FLORIDA – Nearly 30 vigils and protests are planned statewide around the scheduled execution of Mark Asay on August 24 at 6PM ET for the killing of Robert Booker and Robert McDowell 30 years ago. For a list, please see the FADP Vigil and…
Release of Florida’s 27th Exonerated Death Row Survivor Highlights Fatal Flaws In Death Penalty System
RAIFORD, FLORIDA – After three years spent on Florida’s Death Row for a crime he did not commit, former Air Force Sergeant, Ralph Wright, Jr. has been freed. His release today makes him Florida’s 27th exonerated death row survivor, and the 159th person exonerated from death row in the United States since 1973, according to the Death Penalty…