http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:00:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/30/reports-justice-david-souter-to-retire/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/30/reports-justice-david-souter-to-retire/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 03:40:20 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=19218 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/30/reports-justice-david-souter-to-retire/feed/ 0 Cue speculation about Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears heading to D.C. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/22/troy-davis-stay-denied/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/22/troy-davis-stay-denied/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:58:21 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/22/troy-davis-stay-denied/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/22/troy-davis-stay-denied/feed/ 2 The state Supreme Court has voted 6-1 to deny a stay of execution for convicted cop-killer Troy Davis. Davis is scheduled to die by lethal injection tomorrow. Justice Robert Benham dissented. The stay was requested in order to allow the for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on an appeal filed in July by Davis’ attorneys. The [...] 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/2008/04/17/morning-headlines-33/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/04/17/morning-headlines-33/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:48:44 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/04/17/morning-headlines-33/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/04/17/morning-headlines-33/feed/ 0 UNHAPPY AS A CLAM: Mussels, north Floridians will suffer from Corps of Engineers’ new water proposal, says a Florida congressman, while Lake Lanier Association president says the plan doesn’t go far enough. LEGAL INJECTION: SCOTUS dismisses challenge to constitutionality of Kentucky’s lethal injection procedure, freeing up other states to kill their prisoners again. Two Georgia death-row [...]