James Dailey is on death row for the 1985 murder in Pinellas County of 14-year-old Shelly Boggio; another man was also convicted of the murder who says he acted alone. In October WMNF interviewed an attorney with the federal public defender’s office in Tampa; Carol Wright said that “Florida is about to execute an innocent… Read more »
“Florida is about to execute an innocent man,” says attorney
Read MoreTwo bills would end death penalty in Florida
Read MoreOpponents death penalty hold vigils before scheduled Florida execution
Read MoreUPDATED: Man released from death row will lead Pinellas execution vigil
Read MoreChris King says his 'bold and progressive' plan as governor now includes abolishing the death penalty and legalizing recreati...
Read MoreTampa Bay faith leaders call on Bernie McCabe to stop seeking (so many) death sentences
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What passed and failed and the 2018 Florida Budget
Read MoreDeath Row Survivor Juan Melendez on Radioactivity Monday
Read MoreMidPoint for Thursday, March 16 -Florida voting ban, media on Trump and Aramis Ayala
Read MoreFaith leaders call on Hillsborough & Pinellas to halt death penalty
Read MorePinellas-Pasco Public Defender weighs in on death penalty
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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
