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Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty is a statewide grassroots organization working to end the death penalty in Florida.
Florida, USA
Joined November 2014
Norman Mearle Grim was executed by the state at 6:14 p.m. on Tuesday for the 1998 murder of his neighbor in East Milton near Pensacola. https://t.co/aYl6x59ycL
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Service of the University of Florida Community since 1901
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STATEMENT ON THE EXECUTION OF NORMAN MEARLE GRIM, Jr. Tonight, we the people of the State of Florida executed our fifth veteran this year, Norman Mearle Grim, Jr., who served in the United States Navy for four years. Norman was a man who chose to die tonight. He was also a man
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In coordination with our friends at @CMNEndtheDP and @DeathPenaltyAct, we delivered nearly 5,000 petition signatures to Governor DeSantis and the Florida Board of Executive Clemency urging them to stop tonight's execution of Norman Grim, scheduled for 6 p.m. ET
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Norman Grim won’t fight for his life — and Florida is fighting to end it. He is more than the horrific crime for which he will die tonight. He is a U.S. Navy veteran and a man who discharged his lawyers and gave up on himself because he was taught his life didn’t matter.
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After justices warned of prolonged suffocation, Alabama subjected Anthony Boyd to the longest nitrogen execution in U.S. history.
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Boyd was the chairman of Project Hope, a death row-led nonprofit. Its members are left reeling in the wake of their leader's suffocation execution.
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Three veterans. Three execution dates. One relentless system. On Tuesday, Governor Ron DeSantis signed yet another death warrant — this time for U.S. Army veteran Richard Randolph (Malik Abdul-Sajjad), setting his execution for November 20 at 6 p.m. Florida now has three men on
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Three veterans. Three execution dates. One relentless system. On Tuesday, Governor Ron DeSantis signed yet another death warrant — this time for U.S. Army veteran Richard Randolph (Malik Abdul-Sajj...
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Gov. DeSantis has signed a death warrant for Richard Randolph, a Black Army Veteran, who was sentenced to death for the 1988 murder of Minnie McCollum. The execution is scheduled for November 20 at 6 pm. This is the 3rd warrant in a row signed for a veteran and the 17th of 2025.
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Florida is executing someone every 16 days, even as 30 people have been exonerated from our death row. Every one of those exonerations is proof that this system gets it wrong. Each execution carried out in haste reminds us how fragile the promise of justice really is.
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When our leaders treat human life as a political talking point, they show us that this machinery of death is not about justice or healing. It’s about spectacle.
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And just 90 minutes before he was put to death, Gov. DeSantis broke his silence — not to speak with compassion, reflection, or even the gravity that such a moment demands, but to post a flippant tweet on his personal account calling Sammy “literally an axe murderer.”
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Leading up to Mr. Smithers' execution, Hillsborough State Attorney Suzy Lopez claimed she was relieved justice was finally being carried out for the victims. But that’s not what the victims wanted 30 years ago, and not what they wanted Tuesday night.
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On Tuesday night, Florida executed 72-year-old Samuel “Sammy” Lee Smithers for the 1996 murders of Christie Cowan and Denise Roach. He was the oldest person executed in Florida’s modern era. In our...
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Lance Shockley’s final visit before his execution in Missouri was with his two daughters and a friend. He then had his last meal, served at 11:13 a.m., consisting of peanut butter, 3 packs of oatmeal, water and 2 sports drinks. His last statement:
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Florida has executed Samuel Smithers. He is the 36th person executed in the U.S. this year and the 14th to be executed in Florida. @FLDeathPenalty @FADPorg #deathpenalty
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Christie Cowan's father asked only that Sammy be allowed to make his remaining days count for something greater than the harm he caused. “As long as he is alive, there is hope,” he said. https://t.co/ug983kUE0V
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Statement on the Execution of Samuel “Sammy” Lee Smithers Tonight, We the People of the State of Florida executed 72-year-old Samuel “Sammy” Lee Smithers for the 1996 murders of Denise Roach and Christie Cowan. Sammy was the oldest person executed in the modern era of Florida’s
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Tonight, We the People of the State of Florida executed 72-year-old Samuel “Sammy” Lee Smithers for the 1996 murders of Denise Roach and Christie Cowan. Sammy was the oldest person executed in the...
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Today, in coordination with @CMNEndtheDP @DeathPenaltyAct, we delivered more than 5,000 petition signatures to Governor Ron DeSantis urging him to stop the execution of Samuel Smithers, scheduled for this evening at 6 p.m.
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STARKE, Fla. Today at 6 p.m., the State of Florida plans to execute Samuel “Sammy” Lee Smithers, a 72-year-old man who is showing signs of dementia and severe cognitive decline. If carried out, this would be the 14th execution of the year — both the most in Florida’s history and
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Please join our friends tomorrow at 1 pm!
CMN is proud to co-sponsor “Conversations that Matter | Witnessing Hope and Reconciliation: Human Dignity and the Death Penalty” with the McGrath Institute for Church Life at Notre Dame (@McGrathND) Join virtually us on October 15! Register and learn more at
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This Tuesday, Florida plans to execute Samuel “Sammy” Lee Smithers, a 72-year-old man showing signs of dementia and severe cognitive decline. If carried out, it would be the 14th execution this year — the most in our state’s history. What sets this case apart is the
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