Stay the Execution of Mark Allen Geralds

Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Board of Executive Clemency

Governor Ron DeSantis has scheduled the execution of Mark Allen Geralds for December 9, 2025 — the 18th execution this year, continuing the deadliest year in modern history.

Mr. Geralds was 22 years old at the time of the crime and has spent more than three decades on death row. His long and complex case raises serious questions about fairness, ineffective counsel, and outdated legal standards. Decades after his conviction, Mr. Geralds continues to challenge prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective assistance claims that have never been fully reviewed.

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.

Petition will be updated as more information is available. Last updated 11/8/2025.

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

We stand together to urge you to stop the execution of Mark Allen Geralds, scheduled for December 9, 2025.

Mr. Geralds was just 22 years old at the time of the crime and has spent more than 35 years on Florida’s death row. His case has been marked by serious questions of prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective counsel — issues that have never been fully addressed.

Florida’s death penalty system has become a moral and constitutional disaster. This year alone, our state has carried out more executions than at any point in modern history. Continuing down this path serves no purpose but vengeance.

Please grant clemency or a stay of execution for Mark Allen Geralds. We call on you to end this cycle of state-sanctioned violence and to uphold the dignity and humanity that justice demands.

Not in our name.