TROY GETS A Reprieve. (Not a stay)

[Gregorian]

Just saw this on Democracy Now live feed

Edit- second person confirming on the feed.


Second edit- Troy's lawyer is not confirming that there is a stay. UGH. We better hold off on the excitement. I'm sorry to have
posted too quickly.


Third edit- Confirmed by Troy's lawyers- Troy has received a reprieve.


At 7:45 it was reported that there is now a 1 to 7 day reprieve.

[Parker CA]

1. Is this a joke?

[EFerrari]

2. No, it's real.

:cry:

[Parker CA]

5. Oh my god!! Wow. Wow wow

[Gregorian]

7. I can't believe it. I don't cry. I never cry.

But I am.

[Gregorian]

3. lt just appears to have been handed down from the Supreme Court.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

[EFerrari]

9. Wait - there is confusion:

[Parker CA]

15. Oh no. Seemed too good to be true.

[Dennis Donovan]

27. Kim Severson: A cheer went up an now there is doubt over the stay. Stay tuned. Confusion all over.

https://twitter.com/#!/kimseverson/status/116649829408583680

@kimseverson


A cheer went up an now there is doubt over the stay. Stay tuned. Confusion all over.




1 minute ago

[FedUp_Queer]

42. According to the Supreme Court's Website

The last order was yesterday for Cleve Foster. I, for one, don't see any stay or reprieve.

http://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/ordersofthecourt.aspx

http://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/092011zr.pdf

Sadly, the Georgia Supreme Court denied a stay unanimously, not surprisingly.

http://www.gasupreme.us/press_releases/Davis.pdf

[aquamarina]

6. Stunning - I don't think it's a joke. It's on Democracy Now

http://www.democracynow.org/

[mysuzuki2]

23. talk about last minute?

and this is another reason why the DP as it is currently applied is cruel and unusual punishment. To schedule an execution and then at the last minute stay it, in effect, makes the comdemned die more than once. Yet a stay and giving as much due process as possible is obviously correct, unless you want to execute the innocent which is also cruel and unusual punishment. There is no way the DP, while in and of itself is not cruel and unusual, can be applied in practice in any way which is not.

[Ben Gay]

4. Okay this whole thing has become cruel and unusual punishment.

Yikes.

[EFerrari]

16. Something has happened but Amy is trying to find out what it is.

At first she was told it was a stay.

Lawyer says not executed yet but no confirmation of a stay, either.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

8. I can't get on DN!- It's over capacity

But if this is true ROCK ON!!!!

[Beaverhausen]

10. oh my god

[kayakjohnny]

11. Wow. I can't believe it.

I was bracing for the worst, but hoping he had a last-minute chance.

Unbelievable!

[Bobbie Jo]

12. Wow!

Yes!

[Pithlet]

13. I hope this is true

[EFerrari]

21. Wait, first report was wrong. No stay at this time.

[Puglover]

14. That qualifies as a miracle.

Amazing. Just great. Now fucking commute the sentence so this bullshit doesn't happen again.

[Bobbie Jo]

17. Damn...not confirmed.

[MuseRider]

18. I went in to practice

to distract myself from all this. Came out thinking he had been executed several minutes ago. I saw the thread that said there was cheering on the CNN feed and thought Jebus this country is so far gone and then I saw this.

Really? Seriously? I am so very happy about this. This poor man, what a torture he has been through.

Will they have to retry the case? Will they? I don't know but the fact that he is not dead makes me very happy.

[EFerrari]

30. First report was wrong. No stay at this time. n/t

[MuseRider]

53. Thanks for responding.

I did not see it until now. I got to rehearsal knowing the decision could come at any time and told my conductor. We shared a hug and a thumbs up hoping beyond hope that this would work out for Troy. Sad to leave rehearsal to find out he died about 2 minutes before we left. This is just so mind bendingly painful.

Anyway, thanks for letting me know when you did :-) thought I should respond.

[kelly1mm]

19. I don't think he got the stay. SC declined. nt

[Bozita]

20. Crowd at prison broke into wild cheering about 4 min. ago

seen on CNN

[aquamarina]

22. More confusion - no confirmation of a stay

http://www.democracynow.org/

[pintobean]

24. USSC said no stay

Shep

[WhoIsNumberNone]

25. Still not confirmed- but he's not dead yet

[Habibi]

26. Please change your headline!

[Raksha]

28. On what grounds did the Supreme Court grant the stay?

Does anyone know yet?

[pintobean]

31. They didn't

[EFerrari]

34. There is no stay at this time. Only temporary reprieve

while Court deliberates.

[Joe the Revelator]

29. I think he's gotten a temporary stay while the scotus considers his last appeal...

....I think the good folks at the prison hears 'stay' and got excited, but I don't think it will be for long.

[TheBigotBasher]

32. Not quite true.

Georgia is still waiting to kill an innocent man.

[EFerrari]

37. Temp reprieve while SC deliberates.

I don't hold out much hope but at least the effers are going through the motions. They had a chnce to hear the case and refused.

[arcane1]

33. Wiating until the last fucking minute always bugs me n/t

[Bobbie Jo]

35. Reprieve per Supreme Court

Temporary delay?

[kayakjohnny]

36. God damn it. There is no reason for all the confusion. It never should have got this close

to begin with.

These fucking details should have been sorted out hours if not days ago.

Where's the common sense in this shit forsaken country any more?

Fuckers.

[Bobbie Jo]

cruel and unusual to the extreme.

[RebelOne]

43. Cruel to Troy Davis as he does not know what is happening.

He has probably been strapped down to the table since 7 p.m.

[Zywiec]

38. I hope this is true. MSNBC and FOX are not showing anything yet. n/t

[EFerrari]

39. SC gave temp delay while they review the case.

It could be minutes, hours or days.

[Zywiec]

40. Hopefully days to reconsider. Added minutes would be cruel in my opinion. n/t

[mod mom]

41. Amnesty Internationals says DELAY not reprieve

[Gregorian]

45. I thought a reprieve was a delay.

There must be a lot going on behind closed doors.

I'm sorry I posted so quickly. It's hard to hold back after all of these years.

[pinboy3niner]

44. 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

[Bobbie Jo]

46. 1 - 7 day reprieve

this is barbaric.

[Gregorian]

47. It really is. And it only serves to make the case more visible.

It's insane to think the system has no provisions for those convicted who may be innocent.

[pinboy3niner]

48. 'We are in a delay, waiting for a decision from the US Supreme Court. There has not been a reprieve'

GA prison official on Troy Davis: 'We are in a delay, waiting for a decision from the US Supreme Court. There has not been a reprieve'

11:36PM GMT Sep 21, 2011

[Gregorian]

52. Thank you. US Supreme Court.

This could be interesting. I was hearing that a decision of 4 votes is all that would be needed. Not 5.

Please....

[EFerrari]

49. It is barbaric but it is also a victory for people who worked hard

to get justice for Troy.

[Bobbie Jo]

50. indeed.

[Auntie Bush]

51. The execution on HOLD for 1-7 days...not a stay or repreive.

Pete Williams just said we should know this evening what the decision was.