[FADPUpdate] Fla Supremes Q&A on LI

[melliott3 at aol.com]

Friends,

The Florida Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on the lethal 
injection-based appeals of Mark Schwab and Ian Lightbourne.  I watched 
the proceedings on remote video and the article below from the Miami 
Herald web site seems to sum up the highlights accurately, so here it 
is:

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/268116.html

If there are no executions this year in Florida, it will be the first 
time in 15 years that we had a year without an execution.

Wouldn't that be wonderful?

---Mark

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Along with former Florida State Prison Warden, Ron McAndrew and Equal 
Justice USA's Jeanne Rewa and many others, I attended the Gainesville 
Citizens for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (GCADP) Faith in Action 
event.  Father Dennis O'Neill spoke of his previous responsibilities 
and experiences carrying out executions as Warden of the Florida State 
Prison and why he is now calling for the aboilition of the Death 
Penalty.

The event was well attended and Fr. O'Neill was an effective speaker.  
Reporters were in attendance.  His words and story have now reached 
many thousands of people and will continue to spread.  A successful 
event can inspire and educate many people in your community and around 
the state.  Plan to hold an event in your area.  FADP will help you 
network and notify others...and more.

The following is a news report on the event from the Gainesville Sun.

http://www.gainesvillesun.com/article/20071010/NEWS/710100333

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"For through violence, you may murder a murderer, but you can't murder 
murder. Through violence you may murder a liar, but you can't establish 
truth. Through violence you may murder a hater, but you can't murder 
hate. Darkness cannot put out darkness, only light can do that." Dr. 
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Shine the light,

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

2840 W. Bay Drive, #118
Belleair Bluffs, FL 33770
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