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Johnson faces Monday clemency hearing

September 29, 2011 Express Telegraph

ATLANTA — The State Board of Pardons and Paroles set a Monday appointment to hear why it should commute an Albany man’s death sentence. Marcus Ray Johnson is scheduled to be executed next Wednesday for

Dougherty County man faces Oct. 5 execution

September 23, 2011 Express Telegraph

ATLANTA — A Dougherty County Superior Court judge signed a death warrant for convicted killer Marcus Ray Johnson. Department of Corrections Commissioner Brian Owens has set Oct. 5 as the date for Johnson’s execution. Johnson

Atlanta Press Club inducts journalists into Hall of Fame

September 23, 2011 Express Telegraph

Ted Turner, the founder of CNN, and Tom Johnson, the former president of CNN during the 1990s and the former publisher of the Los Angeles Times, were inducted Thursday into the Atlanta Press Club’s Hall

Atlanta Press Club to induct journalists into Hall of Fame

September 22, 2011 Express Telegraph

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Press Club is set to induct the inaugural class of journalists into its newly established Hall of Fame. The slate of well-respected journalists set to be inducted during a ceremony this evening

Ga. executes Davis for 1989 shooting

September 22, 2011 Express Telegraph

ATLANTA – The state of Georgia late Wednesday executed convicted cop killer Troy Anthony Davis. Davis was pronounced dead at 11:08 p.m., CNN reported. It was the fourth time since his 1991 conviction that Georgia

CNN: Supreme Court won’t stay Davis execution

September 22, 2011 Express Telegraph

ATLANTA – The U.S. Supreme Court will not stay the execution of Troy Anthony Davis, CNN reported. Davis, 42, was set to be executed at 7 p.m. at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in

Davis execution awaiting SCOTUS

September 21, 2011 Express Telegraph

ATLANTA – The planned execution of Troy Anthony Davis has been delayed – for now – until the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether it wants to intervene, The Associated Press reported. It is not clear

Davis execution delayed for SCOTUS

September 21, 2011 Express Telegraph

News outlets are now reporting the Troy Anthony Davis has been delayed for now until the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether it wants to intervene.

Riot officers guarding Jackson prison

September 21, 2011 Express Telegraph

Officers in riot gear are guarding the state prison where Troy Anthony Davis is set to be executed, WSB-AM reported. Davis declined his last meal and the opportunity to make a final recorded statement, various

Ga. Supreme Court denies stay of execution for Davis

September 21, 2011 Express Telegraph

ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court has unanimously denied a stay of execution for Troy Anthony Davis. Davis, 42, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 7 p.m. at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification