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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?”


FADP Press Statement: FL Senate CJ Committee Passes SB 1156

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Tuesday, March 30, 2021 CONTACT: Mark Elliott, FADP Director, (727) 215-9646, [email protected] TAMPA, FL – Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (FADP) applauds the Florida Senate Criminal Justice Committee for its unanimous yes vote on SB 1156,  exempting those with serious mental illness from execution. The bill is sponsored by Senator Jeff Brandes (R-24) who…

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URGENT ACTION!!!

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Bulletin! We have just learned that this Tuesday morning, March 30, the Florida State Senate Criminal Justice Committee will hear an important bill that, if passed, would ensure that no one in Florida with serious mental illness would be subject to the death penalty. A similar bill was signed into law in Ohio earlier this…

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FADP Press Statement: Virginia Ends the Death Penalty.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Wednesday, March 24, 2021 CONTACT: Mark Elliott, FADP Director, (727) 215-9646, [email protected], VA – Today, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed a bipartisan bill to end the death penalty in the Commonwealth. This makes Virginia, once the leading execution state in the country, the 23rd state to end capital punishment. Responding to the bill signing, Mark Elliott, director of…

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