TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The State of Florida plans to execute Victor Jones tonight at 6:00 p.m. Mr. Jones was sentenced to death for the 1990 killings of Matilda “Dolly” Nestor and Jacob “Jack” Nestor. Today, FADP will deliver nearly 5,000 petition signatures to Governor Ron DeSantis urging him to halt the execution. We have also…
Tomorrow, Florida is scheduled to carry out its 13th execution this year. Barring a stay, Victor Jones, an intellectually disabled Black man who survived horrific abuse at the Okeechobee School for Boys, will be killed at 6 p.m. For decades, Florida officials dismissed Victor’s testimony of abuse as “not credible.” Prosecutors mocked him at trial,…
Victor Jones’ Fate Rests with the United States Supreme Court Late last week, the Florida Supreme Court refused to address the blatant misrepresentations made by Florida’s Attorney General in its death warrant filings. On Saturday, counsel for Victor Jones filed a petition for certiorari in the United States Supreme Court, urging the Court to stop…
