***MEDIA ALERT*** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 7, 2015 Contact: Mark Elliott Director, Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (FADP) (727) 215-9646 [email protected] David Keaton, Florida and the nation’s first exonerated death row survivor of the modern era has died. July 7, 2015, Tampa, FL – Dave Keaton, the modern era’s first death row exoneree…
FADP Statement on Glossip Decision
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mark Elliott Director, Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (727) 215-9646, [email protected] U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Glossip vs Gross SCOTUS allows Oklahoma 3 drug lethal injection protocol that is essentially the same used in Florida’s Death Chamber Tampa, FL, June 29, 2015 —Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that…
Nebraska Repeals!
Nebraska Legislators have successfully voted to override their governor’s veto of the repeal of that state’s death penalty. Nebraska becomes the first conservative Republican state to abolish the death penalty in over 40 years and the nineteenth U.S. state to do so. Following last week’s 32-15 vote for repeal, Gov. Rickett’s pressure was intense on…
Nebraska – Red State Closes in on Abolition!
Nebraska Overwhelmingly Votes for Abolition! Nebraska legislators have again passed a bill to abolish the death penalty. Today’s final vote was 32-15, enough votes to override a veto promised by Gov. Ricketts. If the vote holds, Nebraska would be the first conservative Republican state to abolish the death penalty in 42 years and the 19th…
FADP Press Release – FBI Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: MARK ELLIOTT APRIL 22, 2015 727.215.9646…
U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on FL Death Sentencing
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Florida’s unusual death penalty sentencing scheme is constitutional. The high court will hear arguments in the case of Hurst v. Florida in the next session that begins in October. Florida is an outlier in how juries decide whether or not to recommend a sentence of death.…
STAY!!!
The Florida Supreme Court has stayed the Feb. 26 execution of Jerry Correll. This and all Florida executions likely to be stayed until at least June when the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on Oklahoma’s lethal injection procedure that is virtually identical to Florida’s.
DEATH WARRANT
Less than 24 hours after the execution of Shane Kormondy, Gov. Scott has ordered the “People of the State of Florida” to kill Jerry Correll on Thursday, February 26 at 6pm ET. Correll was sentenced to death 29 years ago. This would be the 22nd execution of a well-secured, captive prisoner ordered by Richard Lynn…
Petition to stop the Jan 15 execution of Shane Kormondy
A petition drive to stop the execution of Johnny “Shane” Kormondy needs signatures in a hurry. Please consider signing and sharing this petition. Another man who was sentenced to life in this case has confessed to being the shooter, yet Shane’s execution remains on track. Please read and sign the petition here. For more details,…
FADP to Rome for “Cities for Life, Cities Against the Death Penalty”
Thank you Community of Sant’Egidio and Cities for Life, Cities Against the Death Penalty campaign for making this possible. To find out more about the Community of Sant’Egidio “No Death Penalty” campaign, please go to: http://nodeathpenalty.santegidio.org The following is from the Media Advisory: FADP in Rome for “Cities For Life, Cities Against the Death Penalty”…
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