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| Death
Penalty: |
YES |
| Prohibit
Execution of the Mentally Retarded: |
YES. However, this state will need to redefine its definition of mental retardation to conform to the recent United States Supreme Court decision Atkins v. Virginia, which held that it is a violation of the United States Constitution to execute persons with an IQ of less than 70. |
| Life
Without Parole: |
YES |
| Minimum
Age to Eligible for the Death Penalty: |
17 (4 juveniles on death row) |
| Number
on Death Row: |
386 |
| Executions
Since 1976: |
54 |
| Race
of Defendants: |
214 white (55%), 136 black (35%), 34 Latino/a (9%), 1 Asian (.3%), 1 Native American (.3%) |
| Racial
Make-up of State Population: |
65.4% White- not of Hispanic or Latino origin, 16.8% Hispanic, 14.6% black, 1.7% Asian, 0.3% Native American, 3% Other |
| Innocents
Exonerated: |
YES (22). |
| Columbia
University Study Rate of Error in Capital Cases: |
73% |
| Murder
Rate: |
5.7 per 100,000 |
| Governor: |
John Ellis "Jeb" Bush, (Republican),
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| Presidential
Vote: |
49% Bush, 49% Gore, 2% Nader |
| Organizations
Endorsing a Moratorium: |
City of Tallahassee
Adrian Dominican Sisters, Florida Chapter (West Palm Beach)
Center for the Advancement of Human Cooperation (Gainesville)
Concerned Citizens for Public Integrity, Inc. (Welaka)
Daytona Beach News-Journal
eVolution Web, Inc. (Homestead)
Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (Tequesta)
Gray Panthers of South Dade (Miami)
Humanists of Florida Association
Orlando Sentinel (Orlando)
Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach)
Pax Christi Florida
Sarasota County Green Party (Sarasota)
Sarasota Herald Tribune (Sarasota)
St. Augustine Church, Casselberry (Casselberry)
St. Mary Mother of Mercy Catholic Church (Macclenny)
St. Matthew Catholic Church (Winter Haven)
St. Maurice Parish (Ft. Lauderdale)
St. Petersburg Times (St. Petersburg)
St. Thomas University, Center for Justice and Peace (Miami)
Tallahassee Democrat (Tallahassee)
Theology 315 Spirituality Class (Miami) |
| Organizations
Working FOR a Moratorium: |
ACLU of Florida
3000 Biscayne Blvd. Suite 215
Miami, FL 33137
Howard Simon-contact
305-576-2336--(day)
305-576-1106--(fax)
[email protected]
www.aclufl.org
ACLU of Florida (Legislative Office)
314 West Jefferson Street
Tallahassee, FL 32301-1608
Larry Helm Spalding-contact
850-425-1050--(day)
850-425-5097--(fax)
[email protected]
www.aclufl.org
Florida Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty*
2363 Union Street
Fort Myers, FL 33901
Richard Fabbro-contact
941-332-3449--(day)
941-332-3449--(fax)
Floridians for Alternatives to Death Penalty (FADP)
PMB 297
177 US Hwy #1
Tequesta, FL 33469
Abe Bonowitz, Rev. Glenn Dickson-contacts
800-973-6548--(day)
561-743-4483-(fax)
[email protected]
www.fadp.org
Gainesville Citizens for Alternatives to the Death Penalty c/o Presbyterian Student Center
3644 NW 12 Avenue
Gainesville, FL 32605-4851
Reverend Glenn Dickson-contact
352-378-4032--(day)
[email protected]
Office of Capital Collateral Counsel
P.O. Box. 5498
Tallahassee, FL 32314
Gregory Smith-contact
850-487-4376--(day)
850-487-1682--(fax)
Office of Capital Collateral Counsel Middle Region
3801 Corporex Park Dr. Ste. 201
Tampa, FL 33619
813-740-3544-(phone)
Office of Capital Collateral Counsel South Region
101 Northeast 3rd Ave. Ste. 400
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
954-713-1284-(phone)
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| Clemency: |
The Governor has the Authority to grant clemency on the advice of the Board of Executive Clemency. However, the Governor has the absolute power to sign the death warrant. The Governor also has the power to grant reprieves of up to sixty days by executive order. |
| Who
Decides Sentence: |
Judge. However, this state must comply with the recent United States Supreme Court decision, Ring v. Arizona, which states that it is unconstitutional to allow judges to increase jury sentences from life imprisonment to death. |
| Method
of Execution: |
Lethal injection |
