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Commutation in Georgia

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles commuted the death sentence of Samuel David Crowe, stopping tonight's scheduled execution.  LINKThe Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles on Thursday commuted the death sentence of admitted killer Samuel David Crowe to life without parole. The decision from the five-member board was announced only about 2½ hours before Crowe was to be executed by lethal injection. It was only the third time since 1995 that the Pardons and Parole Board has commuted a death sentence. The 47-year-old man would have been the second inmate to be put to death in Georgia in 16 days and the third in the country since a de facto moratorium on executions was lifted in April, when the U...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 22, 2008 (boomark / email).