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Daily Archives: September 21st, 2011

Georgia executes Troy Davis after U.S. Supreme Court refuses to halt his killing

Excerpt: Troy Davis, the Geor­gia man con­vict­ed of mur­der on ques­tion­able evi­dence two decades ago, has just been exe­cut­ed by state prison offi­cials, we’re hearing. Attor­neys for Davis, who abo­li­tion­ists have been fierce­ly ral­ly­ing to save, had asked the U.S. Supreme Court to inter­vene and grant an eleventh-hour stay only hours ago. Sad­ly, the court refused, […]
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Civil Liberties, Policy Topics
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Governor Gregoire steps up to mediate negotiations to end Tacoma teacher strike

Excerpt: After sev­en days with­out school for thou­sands of Taco­ma stu­dents, Gov. Chris Gre­goire has stepped up to medi­ate talks between Taco­ma Pub­lic Schools and the Taco­ma Edu­ca­tion Association. After fail­ing to reach an agree­ment today, the gov­er­nor called for school dis­trict offi­cials and mem­bers of the teach­ers union to nego­ti­ate in her office. Mem­bers of […]
Written by:Wes Murry
Categories:Education
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Iran frees Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal — two U.S. hikers it has imprisoned since 2009

Excerpt: Iran’s auto­crat­ic regime today freed two Amer­i­can hik­ers that it has held in prison for more than two years in a move it called a “human­i­tar­i­an gesture”. Shane Bauer and Josh Fat­tal, both twen­ty-nine, were allowed to leave Iran’s infa­mous Evin prison and tak­en by a diplo­mat­ic car­a­van to an Iran­ian air­port. They were then […]
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Policy Topics, World Commmunity
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