[FADPUpdate] GOOD NEWS WEEK!

[melliott3 at aol.com]

Friends,

Busy, hard working and good news week in the struggle against 
executions.

Enjoy!

---Mark

Contents:
EXECUTION STAYED FOR REAL
FLA COALITION-BUILDING
WORLDWIDE MORATORIUM RESOLUTION
RON MCANDREW ON THE MOVE

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STAY!

Today's execution of Mark Schwab was stayed by the U.S. Supreme Court.  
We will now have the first execution-free year in Florida since 
1982...25 years!  Let's savor it and use the breathing space to 
consolidate, coordinate and expand our efforts.

http://www.miamiherald.com/775/story/309041.html

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1116/p25s01-usju.html?page=1

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FLORIDA COALITION-BUILDING EXPANDS

This week exciting, productive and positive meetings were held in 
Tallahassee and Gainesville.  Statewide coalition-building is underway 
to end executions in Florida.  Diverse groups of active, concerned 
Floridians are joining forces.  Meetings are being planned for other 
regions of the state.  Stay tuned for notices of gatherings in your 
area.

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MORE GOOD NEWS!

Over 5 million signatures were gathered in 152 countries for a 
worldwide moratorium on the Death Penalty.  This petition was presented 
to the U.N.  Today a committee vote was taken.  The full U.N. General 
Assembly is to vote next week.  It is expected to pass.  Although it is 
a "non-binding" resolution it is a very strong sign of worldwide 
evolving standards of decency.  The letter below from our friend, Renny 
Cushing:


Dear Friends,

In an historic vote this afternoon,  the Third Committee of the United 
Nations General Assembly passed a resolution calling for a global 
"moratorium on executions with a view toward abolishing the death 
penalty".

The vote was 99 in favor, 53 against, and 33 abstentions. The vote came 
after two days of debate that included the defeat of 14 proposed 
amendments that would have wrecked the resolution and an effort to put 
off a vote on the resolution for 5 years.

Congratulations to all the organizations and individuals though out the 
globe who worked so hard for passage of this resolution.  Today's vote 
is another step forward in the global struggle for human rights and a 
clear signal that the day will come when we live in a world without the 
death penalty.

Peace,

Renny
 Renny Cushing, Executive Director
Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights

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RON MCANDREW ON THE MOVE

Former Fla Stae Prison Warden Ron McAndrew, an outspoken advocate for 
prison reform and execution abolition is being interviewed by Fox News 
on the "Fox & Friends" regarding prisoner treatment in the U.S.  It 
will be broadcast nationally, live at 6:10 am ET.  Ron will also be 
speaking for DP abolition in Virginia this weekend at a Virginians for 
Alternatives to the DP and United Methodist Conference.  “My Life as a 
Death Row Warden and How I became an Abolitionist” will be Ron 
McAndrew’s theme as the Keynote speaker at the November 17th workshop 
in Richmond, “A Second Look at the Death Penalty.”   Prior to his 
recent retirement, McAndrew served as warden at three Florida prisons, 
one of which included Florida’s death row inmates.

To hear Ron speak, click here for a 6 min. video:
August 1, 2007 - WTVT - FOX 13 News Death Penalty Discussion ( WMV 
Video Snippet )

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Shine the light,

Mark Elliott
Executive Director
Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, FADP.org

2840 W. Bay Drive, #118
Belleair Bluffs, FL 33770
(727)215-9646
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