TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — James “Erny” Hitchcock is scheduled to be executed on Thursday, April 30, at 6:00 p.m. ET at Florida State Prison for the 1976 murder of Cynthia Driggers. Hitchcock’s attorneys are seeking emergency intervention from the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that Florida is moving forward despite substantial evidence of innocence while unlawfully blocking…
Last night, I stood outside Florida State Prison to bear witness during the execution of Chadwick “Khalil” Willacy. We prayed for Marlys Sather, the victim in Khalil’s case, and for everyone who has loved and grieved her for more than three decades. We prayed for Khalil and said his name, all the while the State…
Welcome to Meanwhile in Florida! Friends, Welcome to the second edition of Meanwhile in Florida, where Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty shares about everything going on about our work to organize the state against the death penalty, minus all the executions. Those continue, and we communicate about them often, but there’s so much…
