Fewer Americans Supporting the Death Penalty
Is it that the State of Georgia executed an innocent man last month? Is it the dawning realization that the risk of executing an innocent person exists in many cases beyond Troy Davis? Is it that race cannot help but to seep into the consideration of...
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I AM TROY DAVIS
The state of Georgia has blood on its hands. Last night, Georgia strapped down an innocent human being and forced lethal poison into his veins until he died. In your name; in my name, unashamed and unhesitating. This case had most of the worst of w...
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ACLU Lens: Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole Denies Clemency to Troy Davis Despite Serious Doubts About his Guilt
The Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole today denied clemency to Troy Davis, despite serious concerns that he was wrongfully convicted in 1989 for killing a police officer. Calling yesterday's clemency hearing "a sham," Anthony D. Romero,...
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Standing in Solidarity with Troy Davis
Next week, the state of Georgia plans to execute Troy Davis despite lingering doubts about his guilt. Today is a Global Day of Solidarity when people all over the world stand together to proclaim that there is too much doubt to execute Troy Davis. D...
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Troy Davis Execution Set — Take Action Today!
The State of Georgia plans to execute Troy Davis at midnight on September 21, even though he is very likely innocent. Davis has been scheduled for execution three times before, and three times his execution has been stayed amid doubts and new evide...
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License to Abuse? Time for Bureau of Prisons to Sever Ties with CCA
In 2009, a 39-year-old detainee at the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, died after a heart infection was allegedly allowed to go untreated. Stewart, the largest immigration detention center in the country, is owned by the Corrections ...
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No Prison for Jaywalking Mom, But She Wants a New Trial
We told you yesterday about the plight of Raquel Nelson, a suburban Atlanta woman who was convicted of charges connected to the death of her four-year-old son, who was killed last year by a drunk driver as they crossed a street. Nelson was found guilty...
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Mother Jaywalking Faces More Prison Time Than Man Who Ran Over Her Son
“Tough on crime” rhetoric – especially when it comes to perceived threats against our nation’s children – has been a political focal point in recent years. Local prosecutors and law enforcement agencies are often judged by...
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A Mayor for Everyone
Paul Bridges, the Republican mayor of Uvalda, Georgia, is as Southern as it gets. Growing up in a small town of a few thousand people in southeast Georgia, Mr. Bridges drives a pick-up truck, keeps 15 goats on his small dairy farm and speaks with...
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A Mayor for Everyone
Paul Bridges, the Republican mayor of Uvalda, Georgia, is as Southern as it gets. Growing up in a small town of a few thousand people in southeast Georgia, Mr. Bridges drives a pick-up truck, keeps 15 goats on his small dairy farm and speaks with...
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