The Florida Supreme Court has lifted the stay of execution for Mark Asay whose execution could be rescheduled at any time now. The Court also ruled that more than 200 death sentences for those now on death row are unconstitutional and they are entitled to be resentenced. This ruling affects those sentenced to death after…
Justice Breyer Again Presses Case Against Death Penalty
Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the appeal of Henry Sireci who has spent more than 40 years on Florida’s Death Row. In his dissent, Justice Stephen Breyer wrote, “…the time has come for this Court to reconsider the constitutionality of the death penalty.” He touched on a litany of the failures of the death penalty.…
Join the November 30 “Cities for Life – Cities Against the Death Penalty” Worldwide Campaign
FADP helped organize prominent events throughout Florida for Wednesday, November 30th as part of the International “Cities For Life, Cities Against the Death Penalty” Campaign. Organized by the Community of Sant’Egidio, more than 2,000 cities around the world participate by illuminating monuments and churches to say “NO” to the death penalty. You are invited to…
Column: Florida’s death penalty harms victims’ families
(This column by Florida murder victim’s family members: SueZann Bosler, Kathy Dillon, Darlene Farah, and Marietta Jaeger Lane was recently published in the Tallahassee Democrat) This past spring, each of us wrote Florida legislative leaders, with one of us, Darlene Farah, visiting them in their offices in Tallahassee. We urged them not to pass the…
Advances Toward a More Humane and Effective Justice System
Real progress in Florida justice reform at the local level. Three Florida incumbent State Attorneys were booted out of office at least partly due to extreme and excessive sentencing and high use of the death penalty. Angela Corey – Duval, Mark Ober – Hillsborough, and Jeff Ashton – Orange. The incoming State Attorneys have indicated they…
Florida Death Penalty – October Timeline
Years of struggle have led to unprecedented openings and new opportunities for our movement. Things are now moving fast. So much has happened in the last couple of weeks that we put together a timeline of events and news articles to help sort it out. Oct. 12: Harvard Law School’s Fair Punishment Project releases report…
Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Statement on Hurst / Perry FSC Decisions
Today the Florida Supreme Court resoundingly embraced the importance of the judgment of a jury under the Sixth Amendment in determining beyond a reasonable doubt whether a defendant is eligible for the death penalty in Florida. This determination must be based on deliberations in which twelve citizens of the state are instructed to consider the…
FADP Reaction to FL Supreme Court Ruling in Hurst v Florida and Perry v. Florida
FADP Statement on Today’s Florida Supreme Court Opinions on Hurst v. Florida and Perry v. Florida FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 14, 2016 CONTACT: Mark Elliott, FADP Director, (727) 215-9646, [email protected] Today, the Florida Supreme Court Released Opinions in Hurst v. Florida and Perry v. Florida. Responding to the opinions, Mark Elliott, executive director of…
Statement on Release of Harvard Law School’s Fair Punishment Project Report on America’s Outlier Death Penalty Counties
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 12, 2016 CONTACT: Mark Elliott, FADP Director, (727) 215-9646, [email protected] TAMPA, FL– Today, Harvard Law School’s Fair Punishment Project released Part II of, Too Broken to Fix: An In-depth Look at America’s Outlier Death Penalty Counties, offering an in-depth look at how the death penalty is operating in the handful…
Dramatic Drop in Death Penalty Support
Pew Poll results show that support for the death penalty has fallen to less than 50% for the first time in almost 50 years. At the same time, use of the death penalty has dropped dramatically. Over two-thirds of U.S. states have either abolished the death penalty or have not used it in more than…
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