[FADPUpdate] Lethal Injection Ruling

[melliott3 at aol.com]

Friends,

Florida has become the first state to announce that executions will now 
begin again as a result of today's U.S. Supreme Court decision 
upholding Kentucky's lethal injection protocol.  As you know, the 
court's ruling focused on the constitutionality of Kentucky's method of 
executions.  The court upheld the Kentucky State Supreme Court's ruling 
that their lethal injection procedures did not constitute a 
"substantial risk" of pain, torture and lingering death.  Florida's 
procedures, although similar to Kentucky's, are not identical.  More 
legal challenges are expected here.

The real issue, of course, is the Death Penalty system itself.  
Florida's Death Penalty system has the nation's highest risk of 
executing the innocent (26 exonereations off Death Row) as well as 
being hugely expensive (over $51 million a year), absolutely 
unnecessary (we have life in prison without parole) and inherently 
inhumane (there is no humane way to commit and inhumane deed).

The momentum in this country and around the world has shifted away from 
executions.  The past year has seen the United Nations pass a 
resolution for a Death Penalty moratorium.  Amnesty International 
released it's world DP report this week and the top 5 executing nations 
are China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the U.S.  New Jersey 
abolished the DP and New York has ended it's DP.

There is much to do in Florida.  The tide is turning, but our 
expensive, mistake-ridden system will continue to pursue more useless 
killings until we, the people of Florida, take action to enlighten our 
leaders and fellow-Floridians that there is a far better, more 
effective and humane way to execute justice, not people.

Abolition efforts in Florida need your help. Please donate to FADP to 
make our work possible.

We are in need of gas money, signs, banners, office supplies, copies, 
postage, etc.

Every dollar is important. ANY amount helps.

Please go to www.fadp.org and donate.

You can also use this link: http://www.fadp.org/support.html. or send a 
check to the address below:

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

To make a TAX DEDUCTIBLE donation, make the check out to one of our 
friends, FCPJ (Florida Coalition for Peace and Justice), and send it to 
address above.


Take action now in the struggle to end executions in Florida.

Make your voice heard.

Thanks for whatever you can do.


Shine the light,

---Mark

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
mark at fadp.org