Nancy Daniels to speak.

August 2, 2010 on 3:32 pm | In TCADP actions | No Comments |

255 FOUND INNOCENT – SO FAR!

 

Member of Newly Created Florida Innocence Commission

Speaks at Annual Meeting of the Tallahassee Citizens Against the Death Penalty

Ø Public Defender, 2^nd Judicial Circuit – Nancy Daniels

Ø Tuesday, August 10 — 7:00 p.m.

Ø Westminster Room of First Presbyterian Church

Ø 110 North Adams – corner of Park and Adams

·      255 post-conviction DNA exonerations in the United States.  The average length of time served by the innocent is 13 years. The total number of years served is about 3,245.

 

·      In Florida, 11 people have been exonerated through DNA testing.  Twenty-three men on death row in Florida were found to be innocent either through DNA testing or through some other evidence. 

 

·      On July 2, 2010 Chief Justice Charles Canady issued an Administrative Order establishing a Florida Innocence Commission and naming 23 members.  

 

·      Among those named to the Commission is Nancy Daniels, Public Defender of the 2^nd Judicial Circuit.  Nancy Daniels was first elected as Public Defender in 1990 and was Florida’s first female public defender.  

 

·      Ms. Daniels will speak about the purpose and work of this historic Commission at the Annual Meeting of the Tallahassee Citizens Against the Death Penalty.

 

 

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