http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:59:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/23/troy-davis-demonstrations-planned/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/23/troy-davis-demonstrations-planned/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:33:28 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=7866 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/23/troy-davis-demonstrations-planned/feed/ 0 Activists are planning rallies and marches to protest Troy Davis' scheduled execution. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/22/das-flawed-troy-davis-argument/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/22/das-flawed-troy-davis-argument/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:27:17 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=7743 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/22/das-flawed-troy-davis-argument/feed/ 9 Spencer Lawton wants to prove Troy Davis is guilty. Again. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/22/big-support-for-troy-davis/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/22/big-support-for-troy-davis/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:00:39 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/22/big-support-for-troy-davis/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/22/big-support-for-troy-davis/feed/ 22 Troy Anthony Davis, who is scheduled for execution tomorrow despite a heap of evidence that suggests he might be innocent, has gathered the support of former President Jimmy Carter, Nobel Peace Prize-winner Desmond Tutu, Pope Benedict XVI, the Rev. Al Sharpton, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, Libertarian presidential hopeful Bob Barr, and New York Times columnist [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/16/troy-davis-attorneys-seek-stay/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/16/troy-davis-attorneys-seek-stay/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:34:07 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/16/troy-davis-attorneys-seek-stay/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/16/troy-davis-attorneys-seek-stay/feed/ 0 Convicted cop-killer Troy Anthony Davis, who is scheduled for execution next week — despite evidence that suggests he might be innocent — wants his case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, according to a press release from the office of the Supreme Court of Georgia. The Georgia Supreme Court narrowly voted earlier this year to prevent [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/12/gfadp-troy-davis-execution-is-callous-careless-and-irreversible/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/12/gfadp-troy-davis-execution-is-callous-careless-and-irreversible/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:05:03 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/12/gfadp-troy-davis-execution-is-callous-careless-and-irreversible/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/12/gfadp-troy-davis-execution-is-callous-careless-and-irreversible/feed/ 0 Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, an umbrella coalition for organizations and individuals opposed to the practice, has condemned the Georgia Board of Prisons  and Paroles’ decision to deny Troy Davis clemency. From Sara Totonchi, chair of the coalition: “We are horrified and ashamed as Georgians to see our state revealing its bloodthirst by executing Troy [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/03/execution-date-for-maybe-innocent-man/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/03/execution-date-for-maybe-innocent-man/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:41:50 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/03/execution-date-for-maybe-innocent-man/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/03/execution-date-for-maybe-innocent-man/feed/ 0 Troy Anthony Davis, a convicted cop killer from Savannah who’s been on death row for 17 years, is scheduled for execution Sept. 23 — despite a parade of witnesses who’ve recanted most of the testimony that incriminated him. AJC.com reports on the execution date, though the story fails to mention that the state Board of Pardons [...]