FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mark Elliott Director, Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (727) 215-9646, [email protected] Florida Death Sentencing Unconstitutional Florida executions continue in record numbers Tampa, FL, January 12, 2016 — The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled Florida’s death sentencing scheme to be unconstitutional. This came in an 8-1 decision in Hurst v…
FADP FL Press Release – 2015 Death Sentences
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, December 16, 2015 Contact: Mark Elliott, (727) 215-9646, [email protected] Florida Death Sentences on the Decline, Reach Lowest Level in 11 Years Florida is One of Just Six States to Carry Out Executions in 2015 Tampa, FL — Florida is ending 2015 with just nine new death sentences–the lowest number of death…
Death Sentences Closely Track Drop in Public Support for the Death Penalty
Historical trends in executions and new death sentences closely track changes in public attitudes about the death penalty and crime in general, according to a comprehensive University of North Carolina analysis of national public opinion surveys on the death penalty. Read more here.
Adam Tebrugge, Clemency counsel for Mike Lambrix, objects to the denial of clemency and requests a stay of execution.
Clemency counsel for Mike Lambrix objects to the denial of clemency and requests a stay of execution to allow time for the full Executive Clemency Board to conduct a hearing. Read more here.
Cities for Life, Cities Against the Death Penalty
Monday, November 30 is the World Day of “Cities for Life/Cities Against the Death Penalty” On this date, in 2,000 cities around the globe, people mobilize to renounce the death penalty. “No Justice without Life” will be heard around the world. Churches, Cathedrals, and prominent city monuments will be illuminated and a variety of actions…
Execution Date! JAN 7 at 6pm ET – Oscar Bolin, Jr.
Less than 24 hours after the execution of Jerry Correll, Gov. Scott ordered that Oscar Bolin, Jr be killed on Thursday, January 7 at 6pm ET. This would be the 23rd execution of a well-secured, captive prisoner ordered by Richard Lynn Scott. It is unconscionable that an execution would be set while awaiting the U.S.…
30 Vigils/Protests Mark Execution of Jerry Correll
TV news coverage of execution of Jerry Correll. Thank you everyone who attended one of the nearly 30 Florida vigils and protests. Please support the FADP coalition effort to end executions.
FCCB-FLCAN ACTION ALERT: Message Gov. Scott
Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops (FCCB) – Florida Catholic Action Network (FLCAN) ACTION ALERT. Please send a message to Governor Scott urging him to commute Jerry Correll’s death sentence to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole and sign no more death warrants. Florida residents click here to send your message.
Gov. Scott: Please Halt Florida Executions!
Execution Date! OCT 29 at 6pm ET – Jerry Correll
Gov. Scott has ordered Jerry Correll to be executed on Thursday, October 29 at 6pm ET. This would be the 22nd execution of a well-secured, captive prisoner ordered by Richard Lynn Scott and will break the modern record for executions carried out by a Florida governor. It is astonishingly ill-advised for Gov. Scott to order…
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