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iandhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:59 AM Original message |
High court turns down Ga. death row inmate |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. I heard about this on Progressive Voice Podcast. I think he may be innocent too. n/t |
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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. The conservative fuckwits of the Supreme Court has got to be impeached |
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scytherius (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Well what I would LOVE, and was almost tried once, butwould never happen . . . |
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emlev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I've never heard of that. Do you have a cite for it? n/t |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 01:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
34. FDR attempted to do just that when the SCOTUS was fixing to nix his new deal |
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scytherius (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. As a retired criminal defense atty and prosecutor . . . |
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emlev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. Justices Clear Way for Execution in Georgia (Troy Davis) |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Are there no options left? |
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emlev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I know of none. The only thing I can think of is... |
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npk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Not in the state of Georgia |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. well who issues the death warrant? |
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npk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. Thanks for posting this. We have to start writing fast and furiously. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
10. This matter seems to question the conviction rather than the punishment. |
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dougkeenan (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Killing an innocent person better than being locked up forever?!? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 08:43 AM Response to Reply #21 |
42. Fifty years of suffering a pointless existence. |
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prayin4rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 01:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
33. well which is better should be the decision of the innocent person not the spectators n/t |
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Suspicious (780 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. This just makes me sick. |
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McPainsBrain (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. the law only requires the beyond a reasonable doubt standard |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Your final sentence is why we shouldn't execute anyone, ever |
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Suspicious (780 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Yes, I fully understand what I am advocating. |
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McPainsBrain (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. It's only barbaric if an innocent person is executed |
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Suspicious (780 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 06:09 AM Response to Reply #20 |
38. Admittedly a matter of opinion. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. Absolutely. Justice is somewhat arbitrary in this country. |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
15. FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!!! |
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Cronopio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. My sentiments exactly. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Agreed. nt |
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emlev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
16. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL NEW CALL TO ACTION! |
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emlev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Here's the letter I just wrote |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. That's wonderful. Thank you for sending that. |
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LibbyTreehugger (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I sent one as well,..and passed the info to everyone I could think of |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I'm sorry. All we can do is keep trying. |
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emlev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 12:20 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Thanks. The only thing more I can think of to do... |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 05:41 AM Response to Reply #16 |
36. It might be worth asking the Georgia Supreme Court to re-hear |
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thraxis (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 06:45 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. The night the lights went out in Georgia. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 07:56 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Sad song, if I remember it rightly |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
28. we have to change the courts |
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emlev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 12:18 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Troy is alive |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
32. what about the other two witnesses who didnt recant? |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 05:38 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. One of the two who didn't recant is the accuser --the one the witnesses say is the real killer |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
37. If Obama is elected can he do something? |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 08:06 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. the guy will probably be dead by Jan. 20 |
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