Absolute disgrace. Georgia supreme court refuses to halt lethal injection

[TheBigotBasher]

Death row inmate Troy Davis's hopes of a last-minute reprieve were fading after Georgia courts refused to halt the execution scheduled for 7pm local time on Wednesday.

The state's supreme court rejected a last-ditch appeal by Davis's lawyers over the 1989 murder of off-duty policeman Mark MacPhail, despite overwhelming evidence that the conviction is unreliable. Earlier, a Butts County superior court judge also declined to stop the execution.

His attorneys had filed an appeal challenging ballistics evidence linking Davis to the crime, and eyewitness testimony identifying Davis as the killer.

With less than an hour to go until the lethal injection is administered, Davis's lawyers filed an appeal to the US supreme court, but few observers believe an intervention is likely.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/21/troy-davis-judge-rejects-appeal?newsfeed=true

The murder loving GOP applauded the death penalty and each and every single one of them call themselves "Pro Life".

Tonight a potentially innocent man is going to be murdered by the State.

[Auntie Bush]

1. In 8 minutes there is going to a lot of hapy/gleeful ReThugs.

[monmouth]

2. Cynthia Tucker said it so well on Hardball. Georgia would never admit

they made an error or the decision was wrong. The fact that he was not the shooter matters not, they want to be seen as strict conservatives following "the letter of the law." Bastards..

[TheBigotBasher]

3. So much for "pro life"