Beyond A Reasonable Doubt: The Troy Davis Story on Georgia Public BroadcastingSun., Oct. 21, 10 A.M. TROY DAVIS might be the most high-profile murder case in Savannah’s history. In 2011, […]
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Editor’s Note: Memorializing MacPhail – or not?
It was a typical politician’s non-solution solution: Split the difference, avoid as much responsibility as possible, and move on. But here’s the surprise…..
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Feedback: Death penalty is abhorrent
Editor, It is with the utmost sadness that I have just heard that the State of Georgia has put to death Troy Davis. I find it utterly incredible that the […]
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Troy and Tariq
TWO WEEKS AGO, 33–year–old Tariq Brown was arrested on the southside for burglary and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. It marked the 25th time Brown has been […]
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Drug abuse
Capital punishment in Georgia is facing a serious problem — not necessarily on moral grounds, but on practical ones. The state no longer has access to the drugs it needs […]
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Sound and fury: The Troy Davis hearing
In a city with a reputation for celebrating the intersection between odd personalities and true crime drama, last week’s evidentiary hearings for Troy Davis did not disappoint. There were remorseless […]
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‘I am Troy Davis’
LATE IN the afternoon of Sept. 12, the final chapter was written in the 19-year legal battle surrounding Troy Anthony Davis. After receiving a temporary stay of execution last July, […]
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Exonerate or execute?
Twice last Saturday, Jennifer Thompson-Cannino described being raped at knifepoint in her North Carolina apartment in 1984. Twice, in talks at two Savannah churches, she recalled that night 23 years […]