http://www.inthesetimes.com/archives/tags/atlanta/ In These Times features award-winning investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, insightful analysis of national and international affairs, and sharp cultural criticism about events and ideas that matter. en-us Expression Engine jessica@inthesetimes.com seamus@inthesetimes.com Fri, 28 Nov 2008 06:00:21 -0600 http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/4062/dead_man_waiting/ In an unprecedented move, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta recently stayed the Oct. 27 execution of Georgia death row prisoner Troy Davis. On Oct. 24, the court said it would consider a new hearing on whether the Constitution's Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits the execution of the innocent. In September, the U.S. Supreme Court halted Davis' execution to consider the issue but then denied to hear the case. "The case is extraordinary," says Stephen Bright, president and former director of the Southern Center for Human Rights, based in Atlanta. Last year, the Georgia Supreme Court also stayed the execution to consider the innocence claim, he says, but then denied it by a… death row Troy Davis Atlanta Grace Lee Boggs