rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/stop-the-execution-of-michael-zack-in-florida?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-stop-the-execution-of-michael-zack-in-florida' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Death Penalty Action https://actionnetwork.org/groups/death-penalty-action https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/petitions/photos/000/448/782/normal/Upcoming_Executions_82023_(Twitter_Post).png Florida has scheduled Michael Zack's execution for October 3, 2023 for the 1996 murders of Laurie Russillo​ and Ravonne Smith​. On direct appeal, Zack raised twelve issues challenging both his convictions and his sentence of death. In part, Zack argued that the trial court failed to consider certain mitigation, among them: Zack's brain damage; Zack's skewed perception of reality; Zack's mental hospitalization when he was eleven years old; Zack's dysfunctional family; Zack's mental age of fifteen years and emotional maturity of ten years; Zack's alcohol and marijuana addiction; and Zack's tragic childhood. 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. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-the-execution-of-michael-zack-in-florida