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
TCADP annual meeting
May 5, 2008 on 10:53 am | In TCADP actions | No Comments |Dear Friends,
TCADP will hold our annual meeting on Tuesday, May 20th at 7:00 p.m. in the Westminster Room of First Presbyterian Church.
We will have a little time for refreshments and socializing followed by a report on what has taken place during this year. We’ll hold elections and then view a 30 minute film on the death penalty from the ACLU Freedom Files called “Freedom to Live.”
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Peace event at Railroad Square
April 30, 2008 on 11:37 am | In TCADP actions | No Comments |
Sheila Meehan and Walter Moore with visitor with questions about the death penalty.
Pictures from last night’s panel
April 30, 2008 on 9:10 am | In Commentary, TCADP actions | No Comments |
Panel
Audience
Seeing is Not Believing: Race, Innocence and Eyewitness Misidentification
April 23, 2008 on 7:49 am | In TCADP actions | No Comments |Dear Friends,
Tallahassee Citizens Against the Death Penalty is sponsoring an important panel discussion.
Seeing is Not Believing: Race, Innocence and Eyewitness Misidentification
ALAN CROTZER — spent 24 1/2 years in Florida prisons for a crime he did not commit due to eyewitness misidentification.
SETH MILLER — Executive Director, Innocence Project of Florida
DR. PATRICIA YVONNE WARREN — Asst. Professor, College of Criminology & Criminal Justice, FSU
JUVAIS HARRINGTON — Moderator, Minister and TCADP Board Member
Tuesday, April 29th @ 7:00 p.m.
Presbyterian Center of Florida State University
548 West Park Avenue
(near Park and Copeland)
Sheila Meehan, Chair
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
Excellent turn out for Ron McAndrew’s speech
March 29, 2008 on 10:12 am | In TCADP actions | No Comments |
Ron McAndrew
Terry Farley Walsh, (Treasurer, TCADP), Mary Anne Hoffman, Sheila Hopkins, (Florida Catholic Conference), Ron McAndrew
Ron McAndrew shaking hands with Rev. Brant Copeland, First Presbyterian Church with Sandy D’Alemberte and Mary Anne Hoffman looking on.
From Death Row Warden to Abolitionist
February 24, 2008 on 7:31 pm | In Uncategorized | No Comments |
Tuesday, March 25
7:00 p.m. – St. Thomas More Parish Hall
(corner of Woodward and Tennessee)
Ron McAndrew is the former warden of Florida’s Death Row where he oversaw 3 executions including the botched electric chair execution of Pedro Medina. These events horrified him and helped to change his mind and his heart. He is now convinced that the death penalty is wrong. Come and hear this dynamic speaker and bring your open mind and your questions.
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
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