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Metropolitan News-Enterprise
March 21, 2018
Meanwhile, a candidate whose ballot designation of “Police Commissioner/Attorney is undergoing a court challenge, has said the Burbank chief of police, who executed a declaration disputing the accuracy of that description, is unknowledgeable of the matter. The candidate, criminal defense attorney DavidÃâà...
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
March 4, 2018
Brian's death, followed by the execution of Troy Davis in Georgia, propelled my work to abolish the death penalty in Connecticut. It was built on the belief that true justice depends on our ability to extend humanity to others – even as they deny it in themselves. There's a running joke that everyone in prisonÃâà...
Santa Fe New Mexican
March 3, 2018
Chan has since twice stood trial for first-degree murder, a capital offense that carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison on conviction. His first two trials — held in ... Special prosecutor Troy Davis said Friday that he would file a motion related to Chan's claim of self-defense. Davis and another specialÃâà...
Long Beach Post
February 21, 2018
Prosecutors said both men are documented gang members. King met the 20-year-old woman in Long Beach several months after encountering her online in 2015 and made the woman work for him as a prostitute, according to Deputy District Attorney Troy Davis. Mark met the 15-year-old girl in a park,Ãâà...
Long Beach Press Telegram
October 26, 2017
On Thursday, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge sentenced her to 10 years and eight months in prison, said Deputy District Attorney Troy Davis. Five other defendants, including the pregnant woman's boyfriend, have already been sentenced for their part in the plot, according to Davis. ProsecutorsÃâà...
MyAJC
September 27, 2017
Tuesday night's dramatic stay — handed down after Tharpe had consumed his final meal and was awaiting execution — marks the first time the U.S. Supreme Court has put the brakes on a lethal injection in Georgia since they stopped Troy Davis' in 2008. Davis would eventually die at the state's handsÃâà...
The Guardian
September 26, 2017
A Georgia prisoner whose jury trial was marred by racial bias was set to be executed on Tuesday night, barring an eleventh-hour intervention by the ... The clemency application included testimonials from Tharpe's mother, one of his daughters, other family members, prison staff, clergy members and friends.
In These Times
September 17, 2016
Jordan Taylor remembers precisely when Troy Davis was executed. It was 11:08 p.m. on Sept. 21, 2011, less than an hour before Taylor's 18th birthday. “I had never heard his name before,” says Taylor, who says he nonetheless attended a rally fellow students at SUNY New Paltz organized for a death rowÃâà...
The Guardian
September 22, 2013
Since 1973, 142 people have been released from death row throughout the country due to evidence of their wrongful conviction. ... we reveal the impact that capital punishment has, not just on the condemned prisoner, but on his family, his friends, and even the guards and prison officials whose job it is toÃâà...
CNN
September 22, 2011
Troy Davis may be dead, but his execution Thursday in the American state of Georgia has made him the poster boy for the global movement to end the death penalty. World figures ... "We strongly deplore that the numerous appeals for clemency were not heeded," the French foreign ministry said. "There areÃâà...
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