Tag: troy davis
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Hope you haven’t forgotten about Troy Davis…
On June 23rd, Troy Davis will finally get an evidentiary hearing on his habeas corpus petition down in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia in Savannah. (If you are wondering “who the heck is this Davis guy?” right now, first slap yourself hard for being uninformed, and second, read here.) So why…
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Troy Davis and the AEDPA
For the last 2 years I have been writing over at my home blog, Going Through the Motions, about the strange and sad saga of Troy Anthony Davis. Davis sits on Georgia’s death row and is likely to be set for execution very soon, even though seven of the nine witnesses who testified against him…
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Hail Mary Pass from Our Hero Rep. Lewis
I’m just so angry and frustrated by this and just dread what I might see every time I hit refresh on the docket to see if they’ve made a decision. I just can’t believe an innocent man might be murdered today. John Lewis today issued the following press release: For Immediate Release Contact: Brenda Jones…
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Why I’m Against the Death Penalty – A Case in Point
Because it’s humans that decide other human’s fate, I have a really hard time allowing them (us) decide the ultimate penalty: death. Right here in Georgia, we have a man, Troy Davis, who is scheduled to be executed in a couple of weeks, September 23, and his Supreme Court hearing is September 28! Talk about…