http://angrybrownbutch.com/2008/09/12/action-alert-call-today-to-stop-georgia-from-killing-troy-davis/ politics, media, culture and life from a queer boricua in brooklyn Thu, 28 Jul 2011 04:10:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://angrybrownbutch.com/2008/09/12/action-alert-call-today-to-stop-georgia-from-killing-troy-davis/#comment-54628 Thotoana Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:04:46 +0000 http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/?p=230#comment-54628 Is Georgia in the United States of America? I had no clue there is a place so close to the hand of democracy that can still practice CANNIBALISM. This is the only time when laws don't apply. Well, they apply but only as suggestions. You can't stop a fast, hungry cannibal! Is Georgia in the United States of America? I had no clue there is a place so close to the hand of democracy that can still practice CANNIBALISM. This is the only time when laws don’t apply. Well, they apply but only as suggestions. You can’t stop a fast, hungry cannibal!

]]> http://angrybrownbutch.com/2008/09/12/action-alert-call-today-to-stop-georgia-from-killing-troy-davis/#comment-54279 ACTION ALERT: Amnesty International’s call to support Troy Davis at AngryBrownButch Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:08:43 +0000 http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/?p=230#comment-54279 [...] As I wrote last week, Troy Davis was denied clemency last week by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole and is scheduled to be executed on September 23, next Tuesday, despite the tremendous amount of doubt that surrounds his conviction. Besides the Board of Pardons and Parole, the only entity that can stop the execution is the US Supreme Court. However, Amnesty International sent out an action alert today that states that the Board of Pardons and Parole can still reconsider its decision: The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles gave no reason for its denial of Troy Davis’ clemency petition, yet Board members do have the authority to reconsider their decision. On July 16, 2007, the Board did stay Troy Davis’ execution, stating that it would “not allow an execution to proceed in this State unless and until its members are convinced that there is no doubt as to the guilt of the accused” (emphasis added). [...] [...] As I wrote last week, Troy Davis was denied clemency last week by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole and is scheduled to be executed on September 23, next Tuesday, despite the tremendous amount of doubt that surrounds his conviction. Besides the Board of Pardons and Parole, the only entity that can stop the execution is the US Supreme Court. However, Amnesty International sent out an action alert today that states that the Board of Pardons and Parole can still reconsider its decision: The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles gave no reason for its denial of Troy Davis’ clemency petition, yet Board members do have the authority to reconsider their decision. On July 16, 2007, the Board did stay Troy Davis’ execution, stating that it would “not allow an execution to proceed in this State unless and until its members are convinced that there is no doubt as to the guilt of the accused” (emphasis added). [...]

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