I don’t feel very good about this country this morning, and as so many of us are I’m thinking of how Troy Davis was hustled off this mortal coil by the State of Georgia without a lot of thought of what it means to execute the … [Read more...]
Abolish the Death Penalty in the United States
After the state-sanctioned murder of Troy Davis, it's clear that when states are given the freedom to maintain the death penalty they do not use it with the great care and discernment it should be afforded. We cannot be a country that … [Read more...]
Clemency denied for Troy Davis
From nytimes.com Rejecting pleas by Mr. Davis’s lawyers that shaky witness testimony and a lack of physical evidence presented enough doubt about his guilt to spare him death, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles ruled on Tuesday … [Read more...]
Give Troy Davis a new trial.
I can't believe this happens in America to this day. Troy Davis is set to be executed on September 21st in spite of new evidence that he did not kill police officer Mark MacPhail in 1989. He was convicted on witness testimony only; there … [Read more...]
Troy Anthony Davis – A Stay of execution 90 minutes before “the axe was scheduled to fall”
The Georgia Supreme Court held that it would have to be convinced, beyond a reasonable doubt, by saying: In March, a sharply divided Georgia Supreme Court rejected a request for a new trial by a 4-to-3 margin. The majority said it needed to … [Read more...]
A show trial with the death penalty
Open and shut, the terrorist confessed. Nashiri said that while in CIA custody he was tortured into confessing to the Cole bombing and other acts of terrorism. ... Nashiri was one of three terrorism suspects subjected to the controversial … [Read more...]
TODAY was the 80th Anniversary of the executions of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Robert Meeropol spoke; I found this especially affecting as his parents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, were executed in 1953. He was three when they were arrested, and six when they were executed. He asked who studies or … [Read more...]
Flashback: Bush & Gonzales – No stay of execution for severely retarded man
So, you think it's impossible to feel any more rage towards Bush and Gonzales? Inspired by cadmium's comment in yesterday's thread on the Libby commutation, I decided to do a quick look at Bush's propensity for leaniancy as Govenor of … [Read more...]