TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Attorneys for Kayle Barrington Bates (Maud Dib Al Sharif Qu’un) have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Governor Ron DeSantis in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. The lawsuit argues that Florida’s execution warrant process is infected with racial discrimination and unconstitutional arbitrariness. Mr. Bates is scheduled…
Tonight, we, the people of the State of Florida killed decorated Air Force Veteran TSgt. Edward ‘Zak’ Zakrzewski. In no other state in the nation, including under Florida’s current law, would Zak even qualify for execution. Nearly half of Zak’s capital jury believed that the tragic murders of his family were heavily mitigated by his…
Yesterday, Air Force Veteran Bill Kissinger delivered thousands of petition signatures in person to Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Board of Executive Clemency on behalf of Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (FADP) and Death Penalty Action (DPA). Today, we followed up electronically with even more signatures, including hundreds from Catholic Mobilizing Network…
