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July 10The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops (FCCB) has requested that Gov. Ron DeSantis stay the July 15 scheduled execution of Michael Bell and commute his sentence to life imprisonment without parole.Read More
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June 17Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed an eighth death warrant since the start of 2025. If the state puts Michael Bell to death by lethal injection on July 15 and carries out the scheduled June 24 execution of Thomas Gudinas, it would match the most executions in a year since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976 by a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court. Florida also executed eight inmates in 1984 and 2014.Read More
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Correspondence
July 8, 2025: Request to Pause Signing of Death Warrants and Engage in Further Dialogue
To: Governor Ron DeSantis
From: Bishops of FloridaJuly 1, 2025: Please stay the execution of Michael Bell and commute his sentence
To: Governor Ron DeSantis
From: Michael Sheedy, Executive DirectorMay 19, 2025: Please stay the execution of Thomas Gudinas and commute his sentence
To: Governor Ron DeSantis
From: Michael Sheedy, Executive DirectorMay 19, 2025: Please stay the execution of Anthony Wainwright and commute his sentence
To: Governor Ron DeSantis
From: Michael Sheedy, Executive DirectorMay 5, 2025: Please stay the execution of Glen Rogers and commute his sentence
To: Governor Ron DeSantis
From: Michael Sheedy, Executive DirectorApril 11, 2025: Please stay the execution of Jeffrey Hutchinson and commute his sentence
To: Governor Ron DeSantis
From: Michael Sheedy, Executive DirectorMarch 31, 2025: Please stay the execution of Michael Tanzi and commute his sentence
To: Governor Ron DeSantis
From: Michael Sheedy, Executive DirectorMarch 12, 2025: Opposition to HB 693 / SB 984
To: The Honorable Mike Redondo / The Honorable Joe Gruters
From: Michael Sheedy, Executive DirectorMarch 12, 2025: Opposition to HB 653 / SB 776
To: The Honorable Jeff Holcomb / The Honorable Blaise Ingoglia
From: Michael Sheedy, Executive DirectorMarch 12, 2025: Opposition to HB 1283 / SB 1804
To: The Honorable Berny Jacques / The Honorable Jonathan Martin
From: Michael Sheedy, Executive DirectorFebruary 24, 2025: Please stay the execution of Edward James and commute his sentence
To: Governor Ron DeSantis
From: Michael Sheedy, Executive DirectorJanuary 17, 2025: Please stay the execution of James Ford and commute his sentence
To: Governor Ron DeSantis
From: Michael Sheedy, Executive DirectorAugust 14, 2024: Please stay the execution of Loran Cole and commute his sentence
To: Governor Ron DeSantis
From: Michael Sheedy, Executive DirectorSeptember 11, 2023: Please stay execution of Michael Zack and commute his sentence
To: Governor Ron DeSantis
From: Michael Sheedy, Executive DirectorJuly 24, 2023: Please stay execution of James Barnes and commute his sentence
To: Governor Ron DeSantis
From: Michael Sheedy, Executive DirectorMay 31, 2023: Please stay execution of Duane Owen and commute his sentence
To: Governor Ron DeSantis
From: Michael Sheedy, Executive DirectorMarch 31, 2023: Please stay execution of Louis Gaskin and commute his death sentence
To: Governor Ron DeSantis
From: Michael Sheedy, Executive DirectorMarch 3, 2023: Opposition to SB 450 – End the cycle of violence; don’t facilitate it
To: The Honorable Blaise Ingoglia
From: Christie Arnold, FCCB associate for social concerns & respect lifeFebruary 6, 2023: Please stay execution of Donald Dillbeck and commute his death sentence
To: Governor Ron DeSantis
From: Michael Sheedy, Executive Director
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