http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:00:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/01/bob-barr-in-new-york-times-about-troy-davis-case/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/01/bob-barr-in-new-york-times-about-troy-davis-case/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:04:40 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=20315 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/01/bob-barr-in-new-york-times-about-troy-davis-case/feed/ 1 'Mr. Davis faces an extraordinary and obviously final injustice.' http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/29/ga-supreme-court-denies-william-mizes-stay-of-execution/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/29/ga-supreme-court-denies-william-mizes-stay-of-execution/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:19:35 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=19108 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/29/ga-supreme-court-denies-william-mizes-stay-of-execution/feed/ 0 White supremacist convicted in 1994 murder scheduled to be put to death tonight http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/28/william-mize-granted-stay-of-execution-from-ga-supreme-court/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/28/william-mize-granted-stay-of-execution-from-ga-supreme-court/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:35:07 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=19077 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/28/william-mize-granted-stay-of-execution-from-ga-supreme-court/feed/ 4 Trial court judge must rule whether former white supremacist group leader deserves new trial http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/18/word-%e2%80%98unconsionable-and-unconstitutional%e2%80%99/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/18/word-%e2%80%98unconsionable-and-unconstitutional%e2%80%99/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:19:03 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=18641 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/18/word-%e2%80%98unconsionable-and-unconstitutional%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 Troy Davis' request for a new trial is denied — again. 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 [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/10/ap-writer-as-witness-to-execution/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/10/ap-writer-as-witness-to-execution/#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:52:22 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/10/ap-writer-as-witness-to-execution/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/10/ap-writer-as-witness-to-execution/feed/ 0 Greg Bluestein is a writer with the Associated Press, a former classmate of mine, and a familiar face if you cover anything in Georgia. He’s everywhere, one of the most dedicated journalists out there, and a great guy. In what seems to be a stray from the norm for the AP, Bluestein was given the [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/22/could-one-mans-execution-be-anothers-salvation/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/22/could-one-mans-execution-be-anothers-salvation/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 20:33:27 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/22/could-one-mans-execution-be-anothers-salvation/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/22/could-one-mans-execution-be-anothers-salvation/feed/ 0 Tonight’s scheduled execution of convicted murderer Samuel David Crowe — which would mark the second Georgia execution in two weeks — could actually be good news for death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis. Over the past decade, Davis’s lawyers have been building a case that their client is innocent. Seven of the nine witnesses whose testimony [...]