Mark Elliot sent the following message regarding the Mark Schwab case
May 17, 2008 on 12:18 pm | In National legal news, State legal news | No Comments |Friends,
The U.S. Supreme Court is meeting today on lifting the stay of
execution for Mark Schwab. Insiders say that if the stay is lifted, a
new execution date may be announced as early as Monday.
—-Mark
Mark Elliott
Executive Director
Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, FADP.org
TINKERING WITH THE MACHINERY OF DEATH
April 16, 2008 on 10:28 pm | In National legal news | No Comments |April 16, 2008 — Today the U. S. Supreme Court voted 7 – 2 to reject the latest challenge to capital punishment. The issue at hand was not the death penalty itself, but the legality of the methods used to kill people. I am reminded of former Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun’s words written shortly before his retirement: “The death penalty experiment has failed. From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.” Clearly, that is all the Court was doing. Until they take up the real question of the death penalty, it will all just be tinkering. Read More
Bad news …..
April 16, 2008 on 10:07 am | In National legal news | No Comments |Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 — 10:24 AM ET
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Supreme Court Allows Lethal Injection for Exection
The Supreme Court Wednesday rejected a challenge to the
lethal three-drug cocktail used in most U.S. executions
during the past 30 years.
Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na
Death Penalty Walking
January 6, 2008 on 2:44 pm | In National legal news | No Comments |On Monday, January 7, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments that will determine the future of lethal injection in the United States. The article below, written by David Von Drehle in the recent issue of TIME Magazine, offers an analysis of where things stand today.
Thursday, Jan. 03, 2008
Death Penalty Walking
By David Von Drehle
On Jan. 7, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a pair of Kentucky lawsuits challenging the lethal three-drug cocktail used in most U.S. executions. The gist of the cases is that the drug combination is unnecessarily complicated, using three chemicals when one would do, and that when this procedure is administered by undertrained prison officials, there’s an unconstitutional risk that something will go wrong. Instead of going to a quiet death, an inmate could experience terrifying paralysis followed by excruciating pain. Read More
More Lawmakers Take a Stand Against Death Penalty
March 7, 2007 on 10:13 am | In National legal news, Commentary | No Comments |News Update: Hill/Muhammad Execution
September 21, 2006 on 4:46 pm | In Uncategorized, Case news, National legal news, Commentary | No Comments |From: Mark Elliott,
Spokesperson, FADP - Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
c/p (727) 215-9646
Fax (727) 397-6245
mark@fadp.org
Friends,
Important news about the ClarenceHill/Razzaq Muhammad execution.
The vigil at Raiford last night was attended by over 50 concerned Floridians from diverse religious, ethnic and racial backgrounds…united in their opposition to the Death Penalty. A bus from the Orlando Diocese brought several dozen folks, picking them up at cities across mid-Florida. There were local vigils held around the state.
Missouri Says It Can’t Hire Doctor for Executions
July 15, 2006 on 8:23 pm | In National legal news | No Comments |July 15, 2006
New York Times
By MONICA DAVEY
The State of Missouri, facing a deadline today for changing the way it executes condemned prisoners by lethal injection, told a federal judge last night that it was simply unable to meet his demand that the state hire a board-certified anesthesiologist to oversee executions. Read More
Texas wrongful execution?
July 11, 2006 on 7:58 pm | In National legal news | No Comments |Chicago Tribune reports possiable wrongful execution in Texas.
Follow this link Chicago Tribune website
Noted by: Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Ethic issue for Doctors
June 23, 2006 on 11:26 am | In National legal news | No Comments |Doctors See Way to Cut Suffering in Executions
By DENISE GRADY
Published: June 23, 2006, NY Times
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Expanding the dialog
June 23, 2006 on 11:22 am | In National legal news | No Comments |Op-Ed Contributor. New York Times
The End of Innocence
By DAVID R. DOW
Published: June 16, 2006
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