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Racial Justice Act case hearing ends (NC) |
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February 16, 2012
By Anne Blythe
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A hearing in the first Racial Justice Act case ended with a flourish of historic references Wednesday as prosecutors and defense lawyers spoke of Athenian justice, race relations in the armed forces and famous civil rights cases in their closing arguments.
But as Cumberland County Superior Court Judge Gregory Weeks mulls his ruling, he may spend more time considering statistics and numbers than arguments.
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Stephen Dear, guest columnist: Forsyth County needs the Racial Justice Act |
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January 25, 2012
By Stephen Dear, Guest Columnist
The Winston-Salem Journal
On the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, about 150 people gathered at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Durham for a screening of the documentary "The Trials of Darryl Hunt." The award-winning film recalls the torturous series of injustices placed upon Hunt — and, ultimately, the people of Winston-Salem — for two decades by the Forsyth County District Attorney's Office and the Winston-Salem Police Department. At a forum afterward the audience was told that the Forsyth County district attorney and police withheld massive amounts of evidence pointing to the real culprit and exonerating Hunt of rape and murder.
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In Death-Penalty Debate, Execution Offers Little Closure |
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September 23, 2011
By John Schwartz
The New York Times
After decades of litigation, the final legal ruling allowing the execution of Troy Davis was a one-sentence order from the United States Supreme Court so terse that it could have fit neatly into a Twitter message with room to spare.
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Troy Davis Execution: Religious Leaders Vow to Keep Praying for a Miracle |
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September 21, 2011
By Herbert Pinnock | Christian Post Contributor
Religious leaders and people of faith across the nation have expressed disappointment that Troy Davis lost a final plea for clemency from the Georgia Board of Pardons & Parole on Tuesday, but have vowed to keep praying for the convicted cop killer's life to be spared.
Davis, who was convicted of the murder of police officer Mark MacPhail in 1991, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 7 p.m. EST Wednesday, despite the recanting of witness testimonies.
Also, reports have surfaced that Davis is now offering to take a polygraph test to prove his innocence.
People of Faith Against the Death Penalty (PFADP), a nonprofit interfaith organization, had presented to the Georgia parole board a signed petition with thousands of faith leaders asking for clemency in Davis' case.
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