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NEW: Activist and Co-victim Christine Henderson Shatters Myths About the Death Penalty

TAMPA– Corless Barfield Trial Group, in conjunction with Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (FADP) and Equal Justice USA (EJUSA), has released a video interview on the death penalty featuring Christine Henderson, the Senior Manager of the EJUSA Trauma and Healing Network. The video is the second in a series entitled “Voices on the Death Penalty.” Ms. Henderson is uniquely qualified to speak to the issue through both a professional and personal lens.

In the video, Ms. Henderson describes the work of ‘bridging the gap’ between people of all backgrounds and beliefs to unite against the death penalty. She shatters myths about public opinion and the death penalty by underscoring the power of working with conservatives, evangelicals, and other groups on successful death penalty repeal efforts across the country. In the spirit of building bridges across divisions in our country, the date of publication for this video was chosen very intentionally– September 15 is International Democracy Day.

Ms. Henderson also shares the personal experience of losing her ‘favorite uncle’ to murder. It is a powerful moment in the video and one that reveals a truth too often lost in discussions about capital punishment: that many victims’ family members find meaning in their grief through working to seek restoration and healing.

“I’ve lost someone so I know that when we say ‘vengeance is mine’, it’s not going to help me,” said Ms. Henderson. “How do you live in a society where you kill people to teach people not to kill people?”


Report: FBI Didn’t Reveal Flawed Lab Work in Death Row Cases

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The Office of the Inspector General has released a report that slams the Justice Department and the FBI for not notifying prosecutors in 64 Death Row convictions that forensic evidence testimony may have been unreliable or erroneous. Three of those defendants were executed. As a result, state authorities could not consider whether to stay sentences,…

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NCADP Interview With Father Phil: The Importance of Action

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Father Phil Egitto, Pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Daytona leads a busload of concerned Floridians to every execution vigil across from the Death Chamber at Florida State Prison. Father Phil discusses the death penalty, vigils, and the importance of action in this interview with NCADP. It’s one thing to say you’re against…

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FL Execution Vigils, Protests Growing

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Throughout Florida, more than 20 vigils will protest Florida’s use of the Death Penalty during the scheduled July 10th execution of Eddie Davis. Vigils and protests will take place in Cape Coral, Jacksonville, Bunnell, Ft. Walton Beach, Holiday, Key West, Lakeland, Miami, Mount Dora, Osprey, Palm Beach Gardens, Panama City, Pensacola, Perry, Pinellas County, St.…

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