Davis Gets Stay of Execution for 90 Days

[emlev]

Source: Atlanta Progressive News

By Matthew Cardinale, News Editor, The Atlanta Progressive News (July 16, 2007)

(APN) SAVANNAH -- Troy Anthony Davis has received a 90 day stay of execution, Atlanta Progressive News has learned.

The meeting of Davis's lawyers and supporters with the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles lasted until 3:15pm today, thus lasting about six hours, Laura Moye, Deputy Director of Amnesty International Southern Regional Office, said. After this, the Board met with state prosecutors.

US Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) was among those who spoke in support of Davis at the hearing today. US Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) also offered to speak in support of Davis, spokesperson Deb Speights told APN.

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The Atlanta Progressive News is great and deserves our support, BTW.

Read more: http://www.atlantaprogressivenews.com/news/0195.html

[Coventina]

1. Best news I've heard all day.

*sigh of relief*

[ulysses]

2. good.

[Tom Joad]

3. good thing clinton is not georgia governor, or he'd be dead, dead, dead.

clinton liked to kill people while he was governor, just like george.

[juajen]

11. Link, please.

N/T

[ProudDad]

19. I think he means this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Ray_Rector

"Bill Clinton returned to Arkansas to preside over Rector's execution during his 1992 presidential race. Many consider it a turning point in that race, hardening a soft public image. Some liberals tend to cite the execution as an example of what they perceive to be Clinton's opportunism."



This "liberal" concurred...

I cast my ONLY vote towards Clinton in '92 but really against ray-gun/bush I; in spite of this cowardly act on Clinton's part...



"In early 1992, as then-Gov. Clinton struggled to salvage his presidential candidacy in the face of the Gennifer Flowers scandal, convicted murderer Rector sat on Arkansas's death row. When his time came for execution, Mr. Clinton flew home from New Hampshire just in time to deny Rector a stay of execution. Rector, an African-American, had turned his gun on himself after killing a police officer at his mother's house. He blew his brains out, but he survived--condemned to function with the mind of a five-year-old. As he was put on his feet to walk to the death chamber, and with no trace of irony, Rector asked his guards to say hello to Gov. Clinton, whom he had just seen on television, and to save Rector his slice of pecan pie, which he planned to eat when he returned."

http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/clinton/liberals.html

[lynnertic]

25. Clinton 1 did disappoint me more than once with 'cowardice'

I'm sure he wouldn't call it that.

[Tom Joad]

22. The retarded man, from a story related here today, had pecan pie as part of his last

meal. He asked, as the guards were leading him away to the chamber, that the guards keep the pie there, as he would like to finish it after they were through with whatever they were going to do that evening.

i mean, what makes it clear that this man was really not competent to know of his actions. Very few nations have the death penalty. and almost no nation condemns mentally retarded people to death. It takes a special guy....

[Mike Daniels]

26. Agreed, justice would have been served better by letting the guy bleed out

after he initially attempted to erase himself from existence.

[George II]

15. That post is out of line!

[Tom Joad]

23. Killing mentally retarded men is out of line. telling the truth is not.

but make me eat my words. is there any word from Hillary about this miscarriage of justice? Several other politicians have weighed in... what about hillary? has she remained silent?

[acmavm]

28. The hell it is. Bill Clinton's face is in the Dictionary right under

the word Opportunist. One look at that guy and you know what the word means.

[Bennyboy]

4. Anyone know where I can find the news stories from the day or the trial?

I cannot find anything from back in the day. the original news reports, trial reporting etc. I would love to see some of this...thanks.

[emlev]

5. I'd recommend you start here:

TroyAnthonyDavis.org

[Bennyboy]

7. bad linky doodle....

And I have been there. I am thinking more along the lines of newspaper reprots, the original story etc.

[emlev]

8. They have links to coverage. Does it not go back far enough? eom

[Bennyboy]

12. No.

I am looking for the orginal story and trial acoounts culled from other than his website. None of those stories cover the orginal trial or the original newspaper account.

I am having an arugment right now with someone who lives in Savannah and says they found him with the gun standing over the body. And as always I need a bunch of evidence that this is simply not true.

[emlev]

13. Have you seen this dKos post?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/7/5/153347/3246

It at least has the date of the conviction and some other info from Amnesty International. I guess it's partly a question of what sort of sources your friend is going to believe. If Amnesty isn't considered a credible source, what is?

[Bennyboy]

27. Thanks....

The Amnesty is not a credible source (HARD CORE RIGHT WINGER) for this guy and it has no info on the crime itself, just the same thing all the other sites have as to why he should be allowed a stay or reprieve.

The crime was a long time ago and I really would like to know how it was reported back then. What the trial testimony was, etc...... Not why he should be considered innocent. I got all that.

[emlev]

29. I was just thinking...

that with the date of the conviction, which was in that post, you could search archives of the local papers at that time. Though maybe they're not online back that far.

Is your friend trying to find something to prove his point?

[Bennyboy]

32. Now it is me...

Intellectual curiostiy mostly. I want to know something other than the obviously biased reports. Somthing about the crime not something that explaisn his innocence.

And I have not been able to find anything on the Archives. the Savannah paper is pure crap as far as their website goes...Might be too long ago, but you would think they would have linked to the orginal story....

[Bennyboy]

33. WOW...

bad spelling for sure....

[emlev]

34. Huh?

[ProudDad]

35. How about 7 of 9 witnesses recanting

their (obviously coerced) testimony.

And the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles, no band of bleeding heart liberals, granted a very rare stay...

it's doubtful that you'd find much from the time of the trial and if you did, what the hell kind of bias would there be against a black man in GA in their MSM...

[emlev]

9. Link works fine for me. eom

[George II]

16. It comes up with four / [////] - delete two of them and you've got it!

[emlev]

6. More info and ways to help at this link

This thread is from earlier today.

It's not too late to express your opinion. This battle has not been won yet!

[NastyRiffraff]

10. Thank God...

I honestly don't know whether this man is innocent or gulity. (setting aside how I feel about the death penalty in general). But, there are enough questions that he ought to get another day in court.

[George II]

14. Thank GOD!

Let's hope he gets a permanent stay or commutation! From what has been reported, he's not guilty.

[SeattleGirl]

17. I am so happy to hear this!!

I was almost afraid to look for news on him today.

[debbierlus]

18. I did the action alert someone posted on this - seems like the collective action helped

That is excellent news! We must keep the spotlight shined bright on this issue, & work to end the death penalty all together.

[emlev]

30. Thank, you. I'm the one who posted it. I think it did help...

and I'm about to post another one. Will link to it at the bottom of this thread.

[ProudDad]

20. I can't believe it

but I'm damn glad about it.

I hope he gets a decent hearing. It really sounds like he's among the many who've been railroaded by the racist criminal-injustice system...

[DemGa]

21. So glad to here this n/t

[TheBaldyMan]

24. k&r

I was trying to find out what had happened with the hearing. Good news.

[emlev]

31. UPDATE with more ACTION ITEMS

here

[ProudDad]

36. Democracy Now -- Today - Audio of GA State Murders

2 GA electrocutions caught on audio tape...

What's most amazing to me is that banality of their conversation/narrative of these State Murders...very chilling...

If they had tape from the boys feeding the ovens at Auschwitz, it would probably sound the same...

Your tax dollars at work...

http://www.democracynow.org/streampage.pl

[Dinger]

37. Excellent News! What Can We Do To Help Mr. Davis, Now That He Has 90 Days?

That will go fast, and while I'm not sure what I can do now, I am willing to do all I can.

[emlev]

38. Lookee here

New post on the case