The Supreme Court has HELD and not STAYED the execution.

[TheBigotBasher]

THey have held the execution until they decide if it should continue. That hold can last minutes or hours. It is not a decision to stop the State Murder of an innocent man.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. They have held.......we will hang on, and hope for the best.

[Bluebear]

4. Hoping on hope, Peggy

[monmouth]

2. That poor man, can you imagine what he is going through right now?...n/t

[teddy51]

Every little bit helps.... SCOTUS could real champs tonight if they stay this thing. n/t

[Parker CA]

3. And all the while that poor man is strapped to a table awaiting his fate. Geezus. Just wrong.

[WillyT]

6. Don't Get Me Wrong, I Want This Thing Stayed, But This Waiting Until The Last Moment...

time after time is fucking TORTURE at this point.

:shrug:

:hi:

[MuseRider]

5. This is making me feel sick

I can't possibly imagine what it feels like for him and for his family. I am not a praying person but I have sent up a prayer today.

[TheBigotBasher]

7. This is sick

that is why.

[DesertFlower]

8. i'm fighting back the tears but hoping.

[Bumblebee]

9. The Pope is against it, and half of them are Catholics

My last hope.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

13. All catholics are against the death penalty...

...at least they are supposed to be due to church decree. They are supposed to be Pro-life, which is one of the things they're very consistent about. They are pro life from fetus to criminal. It's rather refreshing, actually. The consistency, I mean.
Duckie

[Bumblebee]

14. I know -- but he made a special plea. He does not react to every execution.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

18. Well, he doesn't really necessarily have to.

Everyone knows the stance of the Church about the death penalty. But I do like that the Pope made a declaration. He is no John Paul II.

[pinboy3niner]

10. No delay by Supreme Court--Georgia is delaying, awaiting SC response

Georgia, awaiting response from US Supreme Court, delaying execution of Troy Davis - NBC News' Pete Williams

11:25PM GMT Sep 21, 2011

[Bumblebee]

12. Correct

http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/georgia-supreme-court-rejects-1185593.html

[WhoIsNumberNone]

15. Well, we already know how two of them are voting-

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/09/20/supreme-court-justice-antonin-scalia-says-executing-an-innocent-man-is-not-unconstitutional/

Hopefully 5 of the other 7 see it more humainely...

[Bumblebee]

16. It's barbaric but not unconstitutional... Great. Why not apply it to everything?

Is cannibalism unconstitutional?

[Pithlet]

11. Hoping.... n/t

[MineralMan]

17. Opposition to the death penalty does not depend on individual

cases. Until it is abolished, such things will occur. My opposition is based on sound moral principles, and it will never change. The state should not be in the business of killing people for crimes. It is that simple.

Protesting an individual case is not useful. Georgia will, as it has done so many times before, do what it wishes, whatever the opposition. Until the death penalty is forbidden at the national level, there's little point in protesting individual cases. I oppose this man's execution, whether or not he is guilty of the crime. That is the message I have sent.

[Desertrose]

19. But the individual cases make people think about the whole

idea of state sanctioned murder.

That's a good thing and can only aid in getting the death penalty abolished.

[MineralMan]

20. That fact has not changed anything nationally.

It is not sufficient to change the death penalty. That can only be done at the federal level. Talking to Georgia officials is a waste of time. They do not care what you think, and will not change their minds because of what you think. The same is true in several states. We must work toward a permanent national ban on the death penalty. All other efforts do almost nothing, especially in states like Georgia and Texas. Indeed, they only serve to harden the hearts of those in those states who make the decisions. This protest needs to be taken directly to Washington, and must be combined with electing people who will overturn this penalty once and for all.

If you think anyone in Georgia leadership cares, you're woefully incorrect.