Communications
Press Contact
For media inquiries, please contact FADP Executive Director Maria DeLiberato:
P.O. Box 82943
Tampa, FL 33682
[email protected]
Press Releases
Statement on the Execution of Michael Zack | October 3, 2023
Statement on the Execution of James Barnes | August 3, 2023
Statement on the Execution of Duane Owen | June 15, 2023
Statement on the Execution of Darryl Barwick | May 3, 2023
Florida wins race to the bottom: Imposes lowest standard in the nation in death penalty cases
Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty’s Board of Directors Elects New Members
Florida Senate Passes Lethal Injection Secrecy Bill
Op-Eds
Florida Should Not Execute People with Serious Mental Illness
In the News
Gov. DeSantis signs controversial death penalty legislation ABC News | 4/20/2023
“Maria DeLiberato, a capital defense lawyer, told ABC News the newly signed legislation would discount Black and brown jurors’ voices and make Florida an ‘extreme’ state with the lowest threshold to sentence offenders to death.”
“‘If you steal a pack of gum in Florida, you are entitled to a unanimous jury determination of your guilt. And so, to have anything less to take someone’s life, is just a straight violation of the Constitution,’ DeLiberato said.”
The Death Penalty Just Creates More Victims, More Violence
His sister died in the Parkland massacre. He wants the gunman to live.