Florida has scheduled Edward James‘s execution for March 20, 2025 for the 1993 murders of Betty Dick and Toni Neuner.
Call Governor DeSantis at 850-717-9243 with the following message:
‘Hi. My name is [your name]. I am calling to ask that Gov. DeSantis stops the execution of Edward James on March 20, 2025. We can be safe from people who have committed great harm and hold them accountable without killing them. It is what we do in most cases. Eddie has also expressed sincere remorse for his devastating actions. Surely that has to count for something.”
Shared from Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty:
Eddie’s death sentence is the product of Florida’s broken and arbitrary death penalty scheme. His jury verdict for the death penalty was not unanimous, and in only one other state in the nation, Alabama, would his 11-1 jury vote render him even eligible for the harshest punishment.
Eddie has spent the last nearly three decades in prison and since the date of his arrest has expressed deep regret and remorse for his devastating actions. Executing Eddie for the worst thing he has ever done does not make the people of the State of Florida any safer. Without a doubt, he is not the same person who committed his crimes so many years ago.
Every execution dehumanizes us all. The people of the State of Florida deserve better.
Florida’s return to executions in 2023, after more than three years of not pursuing them, marks the state as an outlier in its use of the death penalty. The majority of other states are on a downward trend of executions. Please sign the petition asking Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida State Board of Executive Clemency to do everything within their power to stop this execution, including issuing a stay, and seeking a path to clemency in the case.