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You are here: Home / Press Releases / Thursday: New Amnesty International Report to Highlight Flaws in Florida’s Death Penalty Program

Thursday: New Amnesty International Report to Highlight Flaws in Florida’s Death Penalty Program

August 21, 2018 by Mark Elliott

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 21, 2018

CONTACT: Mark Elliott, FADP Director, (727) 215-9646, mark@fadp.org

THURSDAY: New Amnesty International Report to Highlight Flaws in Florida’s Death Penalty Program

MIAMI, FL – Amnesty International will host a press conference to release their latest report, “Darkness visible in the Sunshine State: The death penalty in Florida,” on Thursday, August 23, 2018.

The report on The Death Penalty in Florida focuses on three categories of those sentenced to death: individuals with serious mental illness, those with intellectual disability, and youthful offenders. The report also highlights racial disparities and questions the arbitrary denial of review of death sentences for many on Death Row due to applying only partial retroactivity to recent high court decisions under Hurst v. Florida that found Florida’s death sentencing scheme unconstitutional.

WHAT: Press Conference – Release of Amnesty International Florida Death Penalty Report, “USA: Darkness Visible in the Sunshine State”
WHEN: Thursday, August 23rd, 10:30am
WHERE: Miami-Dade State Attorney offices, 1350 NW 12th Ave., Miami, FL 33136
WHO:

  • Kristina Roth: Senior Program Officer for Criminal Justice Programs at Amnesty International USA
  • Juanita Perez: Florida murder victim family member
  • Rob Freer: Amnesty International USA Researcher, author of report, presenting findings
  • Mark Elliott: Executive Director of Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (FADP)
  • Herman Lindsey: 23rd exonerated Florida death row survivor and board member of Witness to Innocence
  • SueZann Bosler: Local murder victim family member and co-founder of The Journey of Hope – From Violence to Healing

To receive further information, please contact: 
Duncan Tucker, Media Manager, Americas Regional Office – Mexico International Secretariat,+52 1 55 4848 8266, duncan.tucker@amnesty.org
Mariya Parodi, Press Officer, Amnesty International USA, 1 212-633-4211, mparodi@aiusa.org
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Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (FADP) is a non-profit and non-partisan Florida organization of individuals and groups united to abolish the Death Penalty in Florida

Sent by:
Mark Elliott
Executive Director
Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
www.fadp.org

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