The Abolitionist Action Committee, a human rights organization
promoting nonviolent alternatives to the death penalty, have been
staging a hunger strike for the past 4 days to mark the anniversaries
of two very different landmark rulings over execution, Furman v.
Georgia and Gregg v. Georgia.
SAVANNAH
— Death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis got another legal break Monday
when the U.S. Supreme Court recessed for summer without acting on his
latest appeal, likely delaying any developments in his case until fall.
Earlier, his supporters presented Savannah’s district attorney with
60,000 petition signatures urging him to reopen the case.
MAGNOLIA - Your recent editorial regarding the death penalty mentioned
that one particular number was left out of the equation because it's
too difficult to calculate - that of the number of victims of these 200
executed along with other victims of horrendous crimes. Left out also
was the incalculable suffering of these victims.
I am one of those victims.
My 26-year-old daughter, Cathy, was murdered 22 years ago.
