Execution of Thomas Overton in Florida

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Execution of Thomas Overton in Florida

Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Board of Executive Clemency

Thomas Overton is scheduled for execution in Florida on November 16, 2026. Mr. Overton was sentenced to death by non-unanimous jury votes for the 1991 murders of Susan and Michael MacIvor.

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Call Gov. DeSantis at 850-717-9337 with the following message:

"Hi. My name is [your name]. I am calling to urge Gov. DeSantis to reverse course and halt all plans to execute Thomas Overton on November 19, 2026. As a person who claims to be pro-life, it is tremendously dissapointing that Gov. DeSantis does not extend that folks who are condemned to death. Please do not move forward with the execution of Thomas Overton."

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If this execution goes forward, Florida will have surpassed its 2025 unprecedented execution pace when Florida led the nation with 19 executions.

While most states have moved away from the death penalty, Florida is accelerating executions at an alarming rate. Each warrant signed underscores the state’s embrace of a punishment that is arbitrary, racially biased, and out of step with evolving standards of decency.

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.

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To: Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Board of Executive Clemency
From: [Your Name]

We are writing to you regarding Thomas Overton, who is scheduled for execution in Florida on November 19, 2026, for the 1991 murders of Susan and Michael MacIvor.

We believe in accountability and have sympathy for the victim's family members, friends, and community. Their loss is tragic and unimaginable. But true justice and accountability do not require execution. A sentence of life without the possibility of parole protects society while also recognizing the human capacity for redemption and the role of childhood trauma in shaping adult behavior.

Florida’s record-breaking pace of executions is a moral and constitutional crisis. Each new warrant signed undercuts the rule of law, retraumatizes families, and moves us further from true justice.

We are concerned that while the vast majority of states with capital punishment continue on a downward trend of executions, Florida is going against this trend by resuming and increasing the frequency of executions - exceeding previous state records.

We, the undersigned, ask that you do everything within your power to stop this execution, including issuing a stay, and seeking a path to clemency in the case. By commuting his sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole, you will send a message that the State of Florida does not need the death penalty to be safer, and that it only serves to perpetuate the cycle of violence.

Thank you for your time and attention to this serious matter.