Tag Archives: death penalty

Ask Rick Scott to VETO the never-will-be-timely “Timely Justice Act”

In addition to emailing Governor Rick Scott at the address below, please sign the petition created by one of Florida’s death row exonerees, Juan Melendez – http://org.credoaction.com/petitions/gov-scott-please-veto-house-bill-7083       FADP Update     Friends, The legislature has passed the … Continue reading

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Florida Needs to Debate the Death Penalty | Rhonda Swan | Florida Politics | Political Opinion | Florida Voices

Our justice system makes mistakes. If for no other reason, death should not be a penalty for any crime. Not only does Florida lead the nation with 21 individuals sentenced to death this year, according to the Death Penalty Information … Continue reading

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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Texas Gov. Rick Perry Did It – Texas Executes Man Who Is Mentally Disabled, and More

Texas Governor Rick Perry did it – he executed a man who’s mentally disabled with a 61 IQ, despite the Supreme Court ruling a decade ago that executing the mentally disabled violated the 8th Amendments protection against cruel and unusual … Continue reading

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Injustice not your problem? Ben Franklin has a few words for you.

Specifically … Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are. From Death Row to Exoneration: Fmr. Texas Prisoner Anthony Graves on Surviving Solitary Confinement Anthony Graves, former Texas death row prisoner … Continue reading

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Chandler execution rabble-rousing; Et tu, St. Petersburg Times?

The St. Petersburg Times headline should have read, “Oba Chandler sentencing judge opposes death penalty.” Instead it read, “Judge Susan Schaeffer recalls Oba Chandler as a man with no soul.” Reporter Sue Carlton didn’t lead or close with the two … Continue reading

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Killing one Chandler against another Chandler’s will, on her dime

If I were related to Oba Chandler, other than acknowledging the relationship, there would be little I’d change in asking Governor Scott to commute his sentence and show the courage to put our money where his mouth is. Scott said … Continue reading

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Contact Governor Scott – stop Manuel Valle’s 3 p.m. execution

Gov. Scott didn’t grant Manuel Valle a transparent clemency hearing with his attorney present, or allow Valle to contact the Cuban counsel. A growing number of judges consider decades on death row to be cruel and unusual punishment for which … Continue reading

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Manuel Valle, and sixty dead men walking …

Manuel Valle is not on the Green Mile … there were no triumphs of mouse or men in any of the 60 executions that took place in his 33 years on death row. Although Florida has had more than three … Continue reading

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Protecting the messenger …

Long story short – Hey, Scari Hari!!  If you’re gonna be dirty, be dirty.  But don’t mire others in your muck that have to do your bidding to get a paycheck. If Ms. Ballard is a mucker in her own … Continue reading

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Governor Riley – Commute Leroy White’s death sentence and speak truth to power

Update – Governor Riley’s email address didn’t function.  His website now portrays him as only willing to accept snail mail and faxes, which is not in keeping with a willingness to serve his constituency in a timely and all-encompassing manner. … Continue reading

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