FILE - The gurney in Huntsville, Texas, where inmates are strapped down to receive a lethal dose of drugs, is shown May 27, 2008. Public support and use of the death penalty in 2022 continued its more than two-decade long decline in the U.S., and many of the executions that were carried out were “botched” or highly problematic, according to an annual report on capital punishment released Friday, Dec. 16. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)(Pat Sullivan/AP / AP)

Four of the 11 men executed in Florida so far this year were veterans. But a new statewide campaign is urging the governor to show mercy to former military members. We talk to advocates and a former military lawyer about what we are learning about the damage caused by deployments and why some believe defendants “broken” by their service should be spared the ultimate punishment.

Guests:

• Patrick Korody, Navy JAG veteran and capital criminal defense attorney.
• Maria DeLiberato, former prosecutor, executive director, Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty.
• Art Cody, attorney, retired Navy captain and director, Center for Veteran Criminal Advocacy.

Then, a longtime educator and writer whose work centers on Jacksonville history releases her ninth book. The Chambermaid: A Novel set in Florida's French Colonial Fort Caroline tracks the rise and fall of the storied Huguenot colony at Fort Caroline, based on the journals of commander René Goulaine de Laudonnière and mapmaker Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues. Author Dorothy Fletcher, whose previous books include Remembering Jacksonville and Lost Restaurants of Jacksonville, joins us ahead of her lecture at the Florida Historical Society’s Library of Florida History at 2 p.m. Saturday.

And, from the lectern to the gallery: Flagler College art faculty open their portfolios to students and the community. Featuring more than a dozen fine art and graphic design professors, the exhibition highlights a range of mediums including painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, installation and digital design. The show kicks off Friday at Flagler College’s Crisp-Ellert Art Museum.

Guest:

• Julie Dickover, director, Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, and director of Exhibitions and College Collections at Flagler College.