On Friday, September 12, Governor DeSantis signed a death warrant for Samuel Lee Smithers. Mr. Smithers was sentenced to death for the 1996 murders of Cristy Cowan and Denise Roach. The execution is scheduled for Tuesday, October 14 at 6 pm. If it proceeds, it will be the 14th execution to take place in Florida this year.
FADP stands in opposition to all executions, which do nothing to make our communities safer and only compound cycles of violence.