A man on Florida’s death row was unsuccessful Thursday in getting another man to testify that he is innocent of the crime he was sentenced for. James Dailey is on death row, convicted of murder of a 14-year-old girl in Pinellas County in 1985. There was no physical evidence of Dailey’s guilt. He was convicted… Read more »
Is Florida death row inmate James Dailey innocent?
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Pinellas-Pasco Public Defender weighs in on death penalty
The death penalty in Florida is in limbo now that the state Supreme Court ruled Friday that a unanimous jury is required to in order to impose capital punishment. Now the state Legislature is expected to attempt to change the law to require a unanimous jury decision for the death penalty. This comes the same week… Read more »
Hillsborough County State Attorney debate: Ober vs. Warren
We look in detail at another election race: Republican Hillsborough County State Attorney Mark Ober is facing a challenge from former federal prosecutor Andrew Warren, a Democrat. We hear parts of a debate from earlier this month at the Tampa Tiger Bay Club. Earlier this month we played two clips from this debate that involve how important someone’s… Read more »
MidPoint for Thursday, Dec. 17 – Mark Elliot talks about the death penalty in Florida
According to a new report issued by the Death Penalty Information Center, the number of death penalty sentences issued and executions carried out in the US both dropped to historic lows in 2015. The fewest number of states since 1992 – only six ‒ executed a total of 28 death row inmates in 2015. Nationally,… Read more »
Radioactivity listeners discuss Pope Francis’s first visit to the US
Today on Radioactivity we listen to some soundbites from Pope Francis’s speech at a joint session of congress this morning, his first official statement to the country during his 6-day visit. The Pope addresses several climate change, family values, and his opposition to the death penalty. We then open up the phone line for listener… Read more »
Tampa Bay activists will demonstrate against this week’s planned execution in Florida
Tampa Bay activists will demonstrate against this week’s planned execution in Florida
Scheduled Florida execution prompts death penalty protests
Scheduled execution prompts death penalty protest
