Former warden Ron McAndrew is a courageous new voice in the movement to end the death penalty. Wherever he goes, Ron's incredibly powerful story of his personal experience with capital punishment is met with rapt attention.
Ron spent 25 years in corrections in Florida, starting as an entry-level corrections officer and working up to warden. As warden of Florida State Penitentiary, he oversaw three executions, including the horribly botched execution of Pedro Medina.
Listening to Ron you learn about an effect of the death penalty that is rarely talked about and hard to quantify - the incredible toll it takes on the citizens who we ask
Ron in the news: here
Ron's Website: here
Ron's Blog: here
The above profile (with related excerpts) were sent by email from Equal Justice USA (EJUSA) - (see more soon from EJUSA and Connecticut on this blogsite)
Equal Justice USA (EJUSA) is a national leader in the movement to halt executions. We work state by state to train and empower grassroots leaders to advocate for a more fair and humane criminal justice system.
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