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BREAKING NEWS: U.S. Supreme Court refuses to block execution of Troy Davis.

Posted on 09/21/2011 7:32:47 PM PDT by Steelfish

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: cyabye; deathpenalty; troydavis
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1 posted on 09/21/2011 7:32:52 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

c ya.


2 posted on 09/21/2011 7:33:37 PM PDT by paddles ("The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." Tacitus)
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To: Steelfish

That doesn’t reak

?


3 posted on 09/21/2011 7:34:11 PM PDT by ThomasThomas ( Congressmen should wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers, so we can identify their corporate sponsors.)
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From: Paddles

To: Troy

c ya.

4 posted on 09/21/2011 7:34:44 PM PDT by paddles ("The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." Tacitus)
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To: Steelfish

It sure reaks, Shirley!


5 posted on 09/21/2011 7:34:50 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Steelfish

Seven witnesses have recanted their testimony against him?I find that to be troubling.


6 posted on 09/21/2011 7:37:28 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: paddles

Anderson Cooper os in CNN with some liberal wringing her hands bloody over how terrible the death penalty is.

Tell me, sweety, where is the dead cop’s friggin APPEAL of his DEATH SENTENCE???

Ill make her a deal..as soon as the dead guy can appeal his execution, so can his killer.


7 posted on 09/21/2011 7:38:13 PM PDT by VideoPaul
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To: Farmer Dean

Two haven’t. How much do you know about the case?


8 posted on 09/21/2011 7:40:07 PM PDT by kabar
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To: VideoPaul

I find it interesting that liberals are SO against this guy getting what’s coming to him yet they have NO problem murdering innocent babies every single day


9 posted on 09/21/2011 7:40:37 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Farmer Dean

read this and get back to us.....

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=46347


10 posted on 09/21/2011 7:41:15 PM PDT by is_is (VP Dad of Sgt. G - My Hero - "Sleep Well America......Your Marines have your Back")
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To: Steelfish

Are you sure you didn’t mean “reeking” news?


11 posted on 09/21/2011 7:41:25 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER ( Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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To: Farmer Dean

He has had appeal after appeal after appeal.....
He still is found guilty.


12 posted on 09/21/2011 7:42:16 PM PDT by svcw
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go read Ann Coulter’s column- there are NOT 7 who ‘recanted’ it is all liberal BS

He was seen shooting the officer by 34 people.

Including people who knew him pesonally

Then he walked up to him while he was on the ground and shot him again

The claim that 7 ‘recanted’ IS BOGUS


13 posted on 09/21/2011 7:42:27 PM PDT by Mr. K (Palin/Bachman 2012- unbeatable ticket~!!!)
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To: Steelfish

way past time.


14 posted on 09/21/2011 7:43:37 PM PDT by KingKongCobra
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To: Steelfish

Good.


15 posted on 09/21/2011 7:45:26 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius.)
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To: Steelfish

Why did youse guys take 22 years to get rid of this human detritus?


16 posted on 09/21/2011 7:46:39 PM PDT by Jan Hus
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To: Steelfish

ODeadMeatula!


17 posted on 09/21/2011 7:47:11 PM PDT by DarthVader (That which supports Barack Hussein Obama must be sterilized and there are NO exceptions!)
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To: kabar; Farmer Dean

from www.anncoulter.com

“Now the media claim that seven of the nine witnesses against Davis at trial have recanted.

First of all, the state presented 34 witnesses against Davis — not nine — which should give you some idea of how punctilious the media are about their facts in death penalty cases.

Among the witnesses who did not recant a word of their testimony against Davis were three members of the Air Force, who saw the shooting from their van in the Burger King drive-in lane. The airman who saw events clearly enough to positively identify Davis as the shooter explained on cross-examination, “You don’t forget someone that stands over and shoots someone.”

Recanted testimony is the least believable evidence since it proves only that defense lawyers managed to pressure some witnesses to alter their testimony, conveniently after the trial has ended. Even criminal lobbyist Justice William Brennan ridiculed post-trial recantations.

Three recantations were from friends of Davis, making minor or completely unbelievable modifications to their trial testimony. For example, one said he was no longer sure he saw Davis shoot the cop, even though he was five feet away at the time. His remaining testimony still implicated Davis.

One alleged recantation, from the vagrant’s girlfriend (since deceased), wasn’t a recantation at all, but rather reiterated all relevant parts of her trial testimony, which included a direct identification of Davis as the shooter.

Only two of the seven alleged “recantations” (out of 34 witnesses) actually recanted anything of value — and those two affidavits were discounted by the court because Davis refused to allow the affiants to testify at the post-trial evidentiary hearing, even though one was seated right outside the courtroom, waiting to appear.

The court specifically warned Davis that his refusal to call his only two genuinely recanting witnesses would make their affidavits worthless. But Davis still refused to call them — suggesting, as the court said, that their lawyer-drafted affidavits would not have held up under cross-examination.

With death penalty opponents so fixated on Davis’ race — he’s black — it ought to be noted that all the above witnesses are themselves African-American. The first man Davis shot in the car that night was African-American.

I notice that the people so anxious to return this sociopathic cop-killer to the street don’t live in his neighborhood.”


18 posted on 09/21/2011 7:48:06 PM PDT by Mr. K (Palin/Bachman 2012- unbeatable ticket~!!!)
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To: Steelfish

Good.


19 posted on 09/21/2011 7:50:49 PM PDT by Soul Seeker (I will work every day to make Washington, D.C., as inconsequential in your lives as I can - Perry)
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To: Steelfish

Brian Williams is shocked by the audience reaction......


20 posted on 09/21/2011 7:52:29 PM PDT by clintonh8r (One of Jimmy Hoffa's sons-of-bitches.)
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