{"id":325419,"date":"2026-07-01T01:09:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T01:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/325419\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T01:09:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T01:09:19","slug":"floridians-rally-in-tallahassee-to-end-the-death-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/325419\/","title":{"rendered":"Floridians Rally in Tallahassee to End the Death Penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, March 30, more than 400 concerned Floridians, representing a diversity of groups from across the state, rallied with us at the Capitol building in Tallahassee calling for an end to the death penalty, and supporting Orlando State Attorney Aramis Ayala\u2019s decision not to seek death sentences.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"630\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"630\"\/><\/p>\n<p>10 buses along with carpools brought\u00a0Floridians from Pensacola, Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa\/St. Pete, Broward, and Miami-Dade. 130,000 petitions were delivered to Governor Scott. It was a beautiful, powerful, and inspirational experience.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"3 - Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6733\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"3\" width=\"960\" height=\"487\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"3 - Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6733\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3.jpg\" alt=\"3\" width=\"960\" height=\"487\"\/><\/p>\n<p>More than 20 Florida leaders spoke passionately to the crowd about the current and historic realities of Florida\u2019s death penalty program.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"2\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"567\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"2\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"567\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Herman Lindsey Witness to Innocence Floridas 23rd exonerated death row survivor Ft Lauderdale \u00a0with Christine Henderson Equal Justice USA L<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"5\" width=\"960\" height=\"513\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5.jpg\" alt=\"5\" width=\"960\" height=\"513\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Senator Randolph Bracy with Christine Henderson of Equal Justice USA<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"6\" width=\"960\" height=\"412\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6.jpg\" alt=\"6\" width=\"960\" height=\"412\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ingrid Delgado Associate for Social Concerns Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"7\" width=\"960\" height=\"655\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7.jpg\" alt=\"7\" width=\"960\" height=\"655\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Darlene Farah murder victim family member Jacksonville<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"8\" width=\"960\" height=\"549\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/8.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/8.jpg\" alt=\"8\" width=\"960\" height=\"549\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rev Dr Russell Meyer  Director of Florida Council of Churches Tampa<\/p>\n<p>The rally was\u00a0absolutely thrilling and uplifting. Thank you everyone who made this possible. A bold, broad-based new era in the long struggle to end executions in our state has begun.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"4\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"512\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"4\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"512\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Speaking Pastor Reginald Gundy Mt Sinai Missionary Baptist Church  Jacksonville Seated L R Ingrid Delgado  Associate for Social Concerns  Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops Herman Lindsey  Floridas 23rd exonerated Death row survivor Dr Ray Johnson  Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Bill Proctor  Leon County Commissioner Jasmine Burney Arisha Hatch  Managing Director of campaigns  Color of Change Darlene Farah  murder victim family member Christine Henderson  EJUSA TJ Legacy Cole  Founder of Orlando Black Voice Miles Mulrain  Let Your Voice Be Heard Inc Rev Dr James Morris  Tabernacle CME Rev Dr Russell Meyer  Florida Council of Churches Rev James Golden Esq  Chair Social Action Committee for AME Church in FL<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/FloridiansFADP\/photos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">To view more photos visit our Facebook page.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Thursday, March 30, more than 400 concerned Floridians, representing a diversity of groups from across the state,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-325419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}