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22 Sep 2011, 8:19 am by Steve Hall
“The court ordered execution of Troy Anthony Davis was carried out in accordance with the laws of the state of Georgia,” the warden announced. [read post]
21 Sep 2011, 1:43 pm by brian
Statement:We write to you as former wardens and corrections officials who have had direct involvement in executions. [read post]
24 Oct 2008, 12:22 pm
It is visiting day, and theyhave been waiting for it since last week.They lean in a line against the yellow paintedgates with their arms straight out, waiting forthe warden to release their handcuffs, and thenthey dissolve in the crowded room filled withkids and antsy wives who offer them prepackagedfoods just purchased from the vending machines inthe hall -- their gourmet lunch for the day.But Troy Davis is not allowed in the visitationroom with the rest of them because he… [read post]
9 Jan 2020, 11:51 am by Stephen Rohde
The writer and director of “Clemency,” Chinonye Chukwu, was inspired to make this film the morning after a Black, potentially innocent, man named Troy Davis, was executed in a Georgia state prison in 2011. [read post]
28 Sep 2011, 12:45 pm
Even before Davis' execution, several states had reduced reliance on eyewitnesses. [read post]
21 Sep 2011, 1:34 pm by Jeralyn
His last options are the GA Supreme Court and US Supreme Court. 5:15 ET: Former GA prison wardens urge Governor and Prison to allow staff to opt out of executing Troy Davis. [read post]
9 Jul 2012, 1:30 pm
Rob Warden, executive director at the Center for Wrongful Convictions, said that the 32 years Davis served is "the longest time served by any known innocent person in Illinois. [read post]
19 Nov 2010, 10:44 am by Steve Hall
" Davis said the ACLU went to court in July 1999 when prison officials wanted to require inmates to write out their last words to be read by the warden. [read post]
7 Nov 2011, 10:32 am by Steve Hall
Lawes, the legendary warden of New York's Sing Sing Prison, Lewis E. [read post]
11 Dec 2014, 11:30 am by Kent Scheidegger
  Ron Davis is now the warden of San Quentin and thus is automatically substituted as the respondent for the departed Kevin Chappell. [read post]
21 Dec 2011, 8:19 am by Steve Hall
" He was among six retired prison wardens who urged Georgia officials -- in vain -- to try to halt the execution of Troy Davis, an African American who was put to death in September for killing a white off-duty police officer in 1989. [read post]
3 Jul 2007, 9:54 am
Headlines from the Death Penalty Information Center include the following: New Resource: Tennessee Study Reveals Need for Indigent Defense Reform New Voices: Former Florida Prison Warden Calls for End to Death Penalty. [read post]
26 Sep 2011, 9:41 am by Steve Hall
"Wardens Who Protested Troy Davis’s Execution: A Rare Breed," is the title of Greg Mitchell's post at the Nation. [read post]
21 Sep 2011, 6:35 pm by Rumpole
The Pope, Jimmy Carter, Former Congressman (and virulent right winger) Bob Barr, former FBI Director (and proponent of the death penalty) Bill Sessions, five wardens of prisons that have death rows-including the former warden of the prison where Davis is at, and a petition of 680,000 others have asked Georgia not to kill Davis. [read post]
17 Jun 2008, 8:52 pm
Another, Robinson's ex-girlfriend, "said Robinson told her he accidentally shot Davis while firing at men he had been feuding with. [read post]