Former death row prisoners call Byron Donalds to halt future Florida executions
Summary
Three exonerated former Florida death row prisoners urged incoming governor Byron Donalds to pause executions and review the cases of the state’s 235 condemned prisoners. A representative for Donalds’ transition team said he supports the death penalty, making a moratorium unlikely.Key Facts
- The former prisoners made their appeal at a press conference in Tallahassee hosted by Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty.
- They requested a meeting with Donalds and Florida’s new legislative leaders to discuss a moratorium.
- Florida has exonerated 30 people who were sentenced to death since the death penalty returned nationwide in 1976.
- The article said Florida was scheduled to execute Thomas Overton the following Thursday, which would make it the state’s 20th execution of the year.
- Herman Lindsey was exonerated in 2009 after spending three years on death row for a wrongful conviction in a 1994 killing.
- Seth Penalver spent 18 years in prison, including 13 years on death row, before he was acquitted in a triple-homicide case.
- Joaquín José Martínez was exonerated in 2001 after a court heard that evidence against him had been fabricated and informants had been promised rewards for false testimony.
- A representative for Donalds’ transition team described him as a strong supporter of the death penalty.
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