Stay of Execution — For Now
Thursday, September 25, 2008 5:06 PM
(KRT Illustrations)
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay of execution Sept. 23 for convicted murderer Troy Davis.
The stay was issued only two hours before Davis’s scheduled death by lethal injection.
The Supreme Court will decide Monday whether to hear Davis’s appeal; if not the stay will end automatically and the state of Georgia can proceed with the execution.
Davis, 39, was convicted of murdering... READ MORE
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McCain: ‘I Won’t Cave’
Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:30 PM
One reason John McCain makes pro-lifers queasy: the Supreme Court. McCain’s Gang of 14 snatched defeat from the jaws of victory for pro-life judges.
Now comes Human Events, nailing McCain down on the question: What will your nominees be like?
It seemed like a vote for McCain was a vote along the lines of the logic of Horatio Hornblower’s duel in the book Midshipman Hornblower . A bad shot,... READ MORE
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