Tonight, We the People of the State of Florida killed David Pittman, an intellectually disabled man. We killed a man who was broken and beaten as a child. A child his own mother described as one that no mother would want. She mercilessly beat him and told him and his siblings they were welcome to…
Florida is on the brink of carrying out its 12th execution this year – the state’s deadliest pace in history. On Wednesday, September 17, David Pittman is scheduled to be killed. At a time when violence is everywhere, Florida’s government has chosen to meet violence with more violence. The death penalty is punishment-as-spectacle, rooted in…
In less than two weeks, on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 6 p.m. ET, Florida plans to execute David Pittman, a man with intellectual disability. His execution is prohibited by law, and the State of Florida has turned a blind eye. The U.S. Supreme Court has made clear that executing people with intellectual disability violates the…
