Supporters Drop 240,000 Signatures At DA's Office (Troy Davis) - Anybody Know If The DA Is Right ???

[WillyT]

Supporters drop 240,000 signatures at DA's office
3:36 PM, Sep 21, 2011


Hundreds of protesters gather at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta to protest the execution
of Troy Anthony Davis on Tuesday Sept. 20, 2011. (AP)

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AVANNAH, Ga. -- In Savannah, Troy Davis supporters dropped off petitions to Chatham County District Attorney Larry Chisolm. Two hundred-forty thousand signatures were delivered Wednesday morning, all urging Chisholm to ask a Superior Court judge to vacate the death warrant for Davis.

The signatures were gathered worldwide.

"This is going to damage the state if this thing goes through without using every angle to make sure justice is done. That's all we are asking, just for justice to prevail," said one Davis supporter.

Chisolm says the district attorney's office does not have the power to withdraw an execution order.

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Link: http://www.11alive.com/news/article/206300/3/Supporters-drop-240000-signatures-at-DAs-office

Anybody know if that last bit is true... I've been reading otherwise.

:shrug:

:kick:

[Warpy]

1. Not directly, as I understand it, but a DA who calls for a case to be reopened

will certainly shame a governor into stopping an execution.

[RT Atlanta]

3. Unfortunately, Gov cant stop it in GA

only the board of pardons, who passed on clemency yesterday and again rejected a re-consideration this morning, has the power to stop it (short of the last ditch evidentiary hearing).

our fucking state will no doubt reap what it has sown with this tortured case and perversion of "justice"

[WillyT]

5. Do The Georgia Or U.S. Supreme Courts Have Any Recourse Here ???

:shrug:

[RT Atlanta]

6. I'm not really sure

The matter already went up to the US Supreme Court who remanded back to the state where an evidentiary hearing last year rejected the recantation statements by the witnesses.

As for the GA Supreme Court, I dont know either.

Board of Pardons was his last and best chance, barring a last minute decision from the petition filed earlier today.

[EFerrari]

8. US Supremes can also stop it, according to the interview

with Amnesty chair on DN! this morning.

[alsame]

2. I read that only the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles can

stop it now. Don't know if that's true or not.

[EFerrari]

4. The local judge can vacate the order, too. n/t

[alsame]

7. Thanks. I found her name and number in

this thread.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1978898

[EFerrari]

9. Sorry, my short term memory isn't working today. n/t

[alsame]

10. No problem, just trying to spread the info so that people can

call if they want to.