Who knew that I could possibly be more disgusted by our Supreme Court?
Amnesty International is asking people to take more action for Troy Davis. From their email:
- Write a letter to the editor calling on Georgia to stop the execution of Troy Davis!
- Call on the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles to reconsider its previous decision and grant clemency to Troy Davis.
- Urge your friends and family to go to amnestyusa.org/troydavis or text TROY to 90999 to add their voices to the over 200,000 that have already taken action on this case.
And by all means, do all of that. But I have to say that my hopes are very, very low at this point. And I really do think that very soon, the state of Georgia is going to kill an innocent man.
Previous posts about Troy Davis here and here.
UPDATE: A new date/time has been set for Davis’ execution.
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do we know if this was a unanimous decision or not?
According to this article, it was a one-line statement with no recorded dissenting opinion.
But I don’t know, do they usually write dissenting statements for cases that they refuse to hear?
I wouldn’t think so I’ve only seen that on actual verdicts. I am just personally curious as to the dynamic of the decision. What I don’t understand…why give the stay of exectuion if you had no intention of hearing the case and the Georgia courts have made it perfectly clear they wont prevent it
This is why I am against the death penalty. Sure, there are many criminals who I feel deserve nothing less, unfortunately the government cannot be trusted with such a power as they will ineveitably (if not already) kill an innocent person.
I just heard about this, and I am truly saddened. No matter the evidence against this man the state has not right to execute anyone. It is committing a homicide. Since it is well known that the death penalty has race and class issues that are built into the system how can justice possibly be achieved?
I hope against hope that they will find away to get another stay granted in this case.
Oh God, this reminds me of when Clinton executed Ricky Ray Rector, a mentally disabled man, because he killed a cop and to appear “tough on crime”.
The only thing worse than the death penalty is executing innocents, children, or those with the functioning mentality of children.
I’ve written the Georgia board, but I fear that isn’t enough. Stuff like this just makes me feel hopelessly powerless.
Why haven’t the presidential candidates decided to step in to help an innocent man?? With their star power they could surely change the tide. Or maybe George bush can do something positive for a change and overturn the supreme court
Is there anything that I can do, even though I don’t live in America?
Would a letter from me carry any weight?
I’ve been disgusted by the US Supreme Court since April 18, 2007.
Whilst I fully agree with the notion this needs serious rethinking – the concept of Bush overturning a court judgement is not without peril; kind of screws the whole ‘separation of powers’ thing and sets a horrible precedent, considering the other sort of stuff Bush is liable to meddle in.
Anna — wouldn’t it simply be a pardon? I thought that a president could issue a pardon either from a crime entirely or from a specific punishment like the death penalty. A president is supposed to have that kind of “meddling” power.
Not that it’s going to happen. McCain is going to keep his mouth shut because Georgia is mildly contested and he’s already fighting to hold onto enough states that Republicans should have wrapped up without a problem. Also, he wants to look tough on crime. Obama will keep his mouth shut also for political reasons — to look tough on crime like McCain, and also because there is a strong racial component to this case. Too many racist asshats would see it as his “taking the side of blacks over whites” and that would hurt him.
ahh. things are so different over there!
I’m rather ignorant, mind, but I think here if the Home Office offered a pardon we’d scream bloody murder.
No pun intended, I’ve just worked my fifth 12-hour shift this week and I have absolutely no brain left.
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