Tag: death penalty
-
Troy Davis and the AEDPA
For the last 2 years I have been writing over at my home blog, Going Through the Motions, about the strange and sad saga of Troy Anthony Davis. Davis sits on Georgia’s death row and is likely to be set for execution very soon, even though seven of the nine witnesses who testified against him…
-
Why I’m Against the Death Penalty – A Case in Point
Because it’s humans that decide other human’s fate, I have a really hard time allowing them (us) decide the ultimate penalty: death. Right here in Georgia, we have a man, Troy Davis, who is scheduled to be executed in a couple of weeks, September 23, and his Supreme Court hearing is September 28! Talk about…