Death Penalty

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September 22, 2011
OPINION - The cases couldn't be any more different yet each has reignited a debate over the death penalty...
September 21, 2011
JACKSON, Ga. (AP) - As he lay strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, the 42-year-old told relatives of…
September 21, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - Davis and his supporters have maintained his innocence. Prosecutors have stood by the case...
September 21, 2011
OPINION - The killing of Troy Davis is our collective responsibility because it was done on all our behalf...
September 21, 2011
JACKSON, Ga. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court rejects a last-ditch request to stop the execution of Troy Davis...
September 21, 2011
JACKSON, Ga. (AP) - His offer to take a polygraph test was rejected. So was his request for the pardons…
September 21, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - The 42-year-old's most realistic, though slim, chance for reprieve is through the courts, and his lawyers are…
September 21, 2011
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - The 49-year-old Byrd, a black man from Jasper, was chained to the back of a pickup…
September 21, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - Davis has received support from hundreds of thousands of people, including a former FBI director, former President…
September 21, 2011
OPINION - Many have advocated for a moratorium on the death penalty, and if there were ever a case that…
September 20, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Amnesty International, the NAACP and the National Action Network are drawing attention to one last effort...
September 20, 2011
ATLANTA POST - Today - for the fourth time - "the parole board is scheduled to meet once again to…
September 20, 2011
ATLANTA - The Board of Pardons and Paroles on Tuesday rejected Davis' request for clemency after hearing hours of testimony…
September 19, 2011
TheGRIO REPORT - The NAACP and Amnesty International are part of a growing number of supporters in Atlanta who insist…
September 19, 2011
SAVANNAH, Georgia (AP) - Troy Davis, now 42, insists he's innocent and his lawyers, arguing they could prove it, have…
September 19, 2011
OPINION - It's very rare that a college-educated, well-spoken, white-collared black man gets accused of killing a cop. The narrative…
September 16, 2011
OPINION - Throughout modern U.S. history, the death penalty has proven a big political issue...
September 16, 2011
OPINION - Not unlike many people facing the ultimate sentence, Troy Davis has always maintained his innocence. But, this time…
September 15, 2011
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Duane Buck, 48, was spared from lethal injection when the justices, without extensive comment, said they…
September 15, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - The case is fraught with drama: The murder of an off-duty police officer. Conflicting eyewitness testimony...