Jessica Ramos, an 18-year-old UF english and anthropology freshman, tears up as she remembers her grandmother, who died of lymphoma in April at the remembrance ceremony during the Light the Walk event. Ramos said her grandmother raised her. She didn’t get to go to her funeral when she died. “This helps,” Ramos said.
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By Bayden Armstrong | Dec. 9Protestors of the death penalty sit outside Florida State Prison and pray in opposition to the execution of Mark Allen Geralds. Geralds was executed in Raiford on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.
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By Bayden Armstrong | Dec. 9Reverend Phillip Egitto speaks with Abraham Bonowitz outside Florida State Prison in opposition to the execution of Mark Allen Geralds. Geralds was executed in Raiford on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.





