Parole board denies clemency for Troy Davis
Cop killer Troy Davis will die for his crime tomorrow at 7pm. This morning, a Georgia parole board denied the 42-year-old’s petition for clemency, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
In making this decision, the parole board sent a strong message to criminals that one day they too will face the executioner if they take an innocent life.
Barring any last minute interventions by the US Supreme court, Davis will be strapped to a gurney at the state prison in Jackson, Georgia and administered a cocktail of lethal drugs that will cease his breathing and stop his heart at 7pm local time on Wednesday.
“It’s the wrong decision,” said one of Davis’ attorneys, Jason Ewart. “It’s a mistake.”
Davis’ attorneys had pleaded their client’s case to the parole board for three hours Monday. They claimed Davis would be sent to death under an “enormous cloud of doubt” about his guilt.
But a jury of Davis’ peers saw no such cloud of doubt in 1991 when they convicted the career criminal of shooting officer Mark MacPhail to death in Savannah, Georgia in 1989.
Drag queens terrorize Florida in search of drag paraphernalia
A word to the wise: if you’re a drag queen intent on committing petty larceny, make sure your hairline is edged and laid. Because if you are arrested, your wig will be snatched for your mug shot.
According to Gawker.com, a gang of cross-dressing drag queens that terrorized Florida in search of drag paraphernalia has been caught.
“It’s a whole gang of drag queens,” said Amanda Marshall, manager of Jo-Ann Fabrics on East Colonial Drive in Orlando, where police arrested three suspects Sunday afternoon.
“They were real upset when the police made them take their wigs off.”
