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26 Jul 2011, 11:27 am by Sandy Levinson
Jimmy Carter said he'd never lie to us, and I'm not sure that he violated that pledge. [read post]
27 Oct 2008, 1:00 pm
President Jimmy Carter, Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa,Pope Benedict XVI as well as the Parliament of the European Union have allcalled his trial and death sentence a miscarriage of justice.Davis was convicted in 1991 of the murder of a white Savannah off-dutypoliceman, Mark Allen McPhail, based solely on eyewitness testimony. [read post]
17 Oct 2008, 2:04 pm
Al Gore, Jimmy Carter, and Michael Dukakis, for example, were skewered by unthoughtful reporting. [read post]
1 Oct 2018, 9:04 pm by U.S. Department of Agriculture
President Jimmy Carter presented Moede the award at the National Convention in Kansas City, MO. [read post]
21 Aug 2009, 8:50 am
No weapon was ever found, no physical evidence linked Davis to the killing, seven of the nine witnesses against Davis have recanted and several witnesses have fingered instead the prosecution's chief witness.The push for a new trial for Davis has won the backing of a long list of impressive supporters, including former President Jimmy Carter, Pope Benedict, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former Republican congressman Bob Barr, himself once a federal prosecutor, and… [read post]
29 Sep 2011, 2:25 pm by admin
  These strong sentiments of doubt aren’t just from his family members, but rather some of the world’s most notable figures, from former president Jimmy Carter, to the former head of the FBI William Sessions, to Pope Benedict XVI. [read post]
28 Mar 2024, 3:30 am by David Lynn
Roberta moved from the SEC to private practice, and in 1977, President Jimmy Carter nominated her to serve as an SEC Commissioner. [read post]
30 May 2008, 8:57 am
Former President Jimmy Carter, former deputy U.S. [read post]
14 Nov 2011, 2:35 pm by Vesna Jaksic, ACLU
He was appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1980, which turned out to be Alabama's most controversial federal judgeship. [read post]
27 May 2020, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
Carson died in 1964, and was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter. [read post]
22 May 2009, 10:17 am
The former Army ranger was gunned down in a Burger King parking lot while was rushing to the aid of a man being pistol whipped.Davis' case has attracted the support of Amnesty International's Jared Feuer, former president and Georgia native Jimmy Carter, Republican Congressman Bob Barr and the Pope, reports BET.com. [read post]
17 Aug 2009, 2:07 am
They say three people who did not testify at Davis' trial have said another man confessed to the killing.The case has attracted worldwide attention, with calls to stop Davis' execution from former President Jimmy Carter, Pope Benedict XVI and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Desmond Tutu.But state and federal courts have rejected Davis' request for a new trial, and state officials have rejected calls for clemency.Davis was scheduled to be executed on Sept. 23, but… [read post]
28 Dec 2010, 7:31 am by Adam Thierer
  A self-described “good liberal Democrat,” Kahn was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve as Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board in the mid-1970s and promptly set to work with other liberals, such as Sen. [read post]
20 Sep 2011, 7:28 am by Nathan Koppel
Davis’s many supporters (including the NAACP, Pope Benedict XVI and Jimmy Carter) have argued against the conviction, claiming too many questions have been raised about whether he committed the crime. [read post]
31 May 2016, 7:15 am by Megan Huber-Kovachik
Ted Kennedy had fought to win the nomination from President Jimmy Carter through rule changes. [read post]
17 Jul 2012, 12:54 pm by Matt Murphy
Undaunted by the entreaties of humanitarians such as President Jimmy Carter, un-shamed by editorials decrying Georgia’s backward burden of proof, and unmoved by the pleas of the family members of the victim and the jurors who first sentenced him to death not to execute Hill, the State of Georgia appears ready to move forward with Hill’s execution. [read post]
29 Aug 2009, 4:45 pm
But short of that, if you are really bright, there is a good chance you are in your mother's basement waiting for a guest spot on Wayne's World.To test yourself on this, among presidents, whom do you prefer: the really bright guys like Woodrow Wilson or Jimmy Carter or Richard Nixon? [read post]
5 Dec 2011, 2:41 pm by Marcia Coyle
In 1977, President Jimmy Carter nominated him to serve as the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in the U.S. [read post]
28 Aug 2009, 8:28 am
Conservatives like former Georgia Congressman and prosecutor Bob Barr and former FBI Director William Sessions have called for justice in his case, along with Pope Benedict XVI, President Jimmy Carter, the NAACP and Amnesty International.Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens wrote for the majority, "The substantial risk of putting an innocent man to death clearly provides an adequate justification for holding an evidentiary hearing. [read post]
10 Jul 2007, 12:52 pm
He said he had explain to his mother that former President Jimmy Carter had once done an interview with the "dirty magazine.''Swor finally got around to asking Gunaratna what he meant when he told Playboy that sometimes the U.S. should ''terminate'' clandestine agents when ''black ops'' run their course. [read post]