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On a nationwide day of prayer, over 200 people – of all ages and backgrounds – gathered to worship together in front of the Historic Capitol just as others did across the country.
Florida Prayer Network President Pamela Olsen has led a National Day of Prayer service at the Florida Capitol for the last 27 years, but in America, it dates back as far as 70 consecutive years. It s about the same as always, Olsen said of this year s turnout. With people coming to stand at their state Capitol, to have the freedom to worship as they feel led and to pray.
The service included a musical performance by a local worship group and speeches from WFLA s Preston Scott, Rep. Jason Shoaf, TPD Chaplin Kelly Burke and Florida Department of Corrections Secretary of Corrections Mark Inch.
Many women across Florida will not celebrate Mother s Day at a church, a park or a fancy restaurant with their children today.
Instead, they ll drive through several counties, enter a fenced-off property, have their purses searched and raise their hands for a pat-down at one of the state s 57 correctional facilities.
Their sons and daughters are among the more than 87,000 inmates imprisoned within the walls of the Florida Department of Corrections. As a mother, you go there for love, but it s always a sad time for me, said Lisa Dames of Hobe Sound, whose three sons have all been incarcerated at some point in their lives. Going to these prisons is a horrible experience.
Florida middle school killer dies in prison at 31
Michael Hernandez was serving a life sentence for the 2004 murder of Jaime Gough when they were both 14-year-old students at a middle school outside of Miami.
Credit: AP
FILE - In this Monday, March 22, 2004 file photo, Michael Hernandez listens to his lawyer at the Miami-Dade County Courthouse in Miami. Author: Associated Press Updated: 7:07 PM EDT May 2, 2021
MIAMI The teenage killer who lured a friend into a bathroom stall at their suburban Miami middle school 17 years ago and cut his throat has died in prison.
Florida Department of Corrections online records show Michael Hernandez, 31, died Thursday. He had been incarcerated at Columbia Correctional Institute, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of Jacksonville. No cause of death was released, but WFOR-TV said Hernandez was seen on video collapsing, and no foul play is suspected.