http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:00:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/23/troy-davis-stay-of-execution-celebration/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/23/troy-davis-stay-of-execution-celebration/#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:33:32 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=6329 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/23/troy-davis-stay-of-execution-celebration/feed/ 0 What was planned as a vigil instead became a celebration. This evening, less than two hours before he was scheduled to be executed by the state of Georgia, longtime death row inmate Troy Davis was granted a stay of execution by the U.S. Supreme Court. To celebrate the eleventh hour decision, Davis supporters gathered on the [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/23/troy-davis-stay-granted/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/23/troy-davis-stay-granted/#comments Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:34:59 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/23/troy-davis-stay-granted/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/23/troy-davis-stay-granted/feed/ 0 The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a stay of execution to Troy Davis — less than two hours before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection, according to Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. This is the second time that Davis has been granted a stay less than 24 hours before his scheduled execution. GFADP [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/23/troy-davis-protests-today/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/23/troy-davis-protests-today/#comments Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:50:40 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/23/troy-davis-protests-today/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/23/troy-davis-protests-today/feed/ 0 There are a bunch of events planned today for Troy Davis, the longtime death row inmate scheduled for execution tonight — despite evidence that suggests he might not have killed Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail. Unless the U.S. Supreme Court grants a last-minute stay of execution, Davis will die by lethal injection sometime after 7 p.m. [...] 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 [...]