Execution

Anthony Asadullah Samad, Ph.D.  |   OW Contributing Columnist
Sep 29 2011

Between the Lines

This time last week, the world was in shock that the United States had put Troy Davis to death.

Although he was convicted of killing a Georgia cop in 1989, Davis maintained his innocence the entire 22 years he was on death row.

Sep 20 2011

Scheduled to be executed tomorrow

Officials from the International Action Center will hold a rally tonight at 5 p.m. calling for a halt to the execution of Georgia death-row inmate Troy Davis, who is scheduled to be put to death tomorrow. The rally will start at Crenshaw Blvd. and Vernon Ave. in Leimert Park.

Stanley O. Williford  |   OW Editor
Sep 15 2011

There is too much doubt for death penalty, NAACP says

WASHINGTON, D.C.—In one of its latest statements concerning the Troy Anthony Davis case, the NAACP “strongly condemned” his scheduled execution, saying the organization believes “there is too much doubt surrounding the conviction of Mr. Davis....”

Davis’ execution is scheduled for Wednesday.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.