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End Florida’s Use of the Death Penalty
Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! - Deut. 30:1
Ask Your State Senator to Sponsor HB 4051 To End Florida’s Death Penalty
Source: Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
The 60 day Florida Legislative session has begun. Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda (D-Tallahassee) has introduced House Bill 4051 that would end the use of the Death Penalty. The bill is co-sponsored by Rep. John Patrick Julien (D-N. Miami Beach) and Rep. Mark Pafford (D-W. Palm Beach). This bill needs a State Senate sponsor to have ANY chance of being heard.
Please ask your State Senator to sponsor a Senate bill for HB 4051- Death Penalty.
Contact your Florida State Senator.
Email FADP@FADP.org and keep them informed of any responses you receive.
Please ask your Fla. House Representative to support and co-sponsor House Bill 4051 – Death Penalty.
Contact your Florida House Representative.
Email FADP@FADP.org and keep them informed of any responses you receive.
Wednesday, Jan. 18th, Mark Elliott of FADP will be joining Dr. Glenn Dickson of GCADP in leading a discussion on the realities of Florida’s Death Penalty at the Hippodrome Theater in Gainesville. The discussion will follow a 5:15 pm screening of Werner Herzog’s acclaimed documentary, “The Abyss”. The Hippodrome is located at 25 SE 2nd Place. Please contact the theater for more info and film times. Box Office: 352.375.4477.
Saturday, Feb. 4th Amnesty International is holding the annual Florida State Conference in Winter Park. Events will include a Death Penalty panel of experts including Terry Lenamon, author of the new book, “Heinous, Atrocious and Cruel”. FMI email: Group519@aiusa.org.
Feb. 27th – March 11th have been designated “Death Penalty Action Weeks” by Amnesty International.
Anytime is a good time to write a letter to the editor of your local paper. Referencing a related Death Penalty article is helpful for publication. Let us know if your letter is published.
The Death Penalty in Florida will end. It will take ALL of us, working together, to make it happen.
“There is no greater power on earth than an idea whose time has come”
