Please read Macon D.’s thoughtful and thought-provoking post on Troy Davis, the man the Governor of Georgia intends to have executed on September 23rd, even though nobody believes any more that he actually did the crime. I’m in a dark space today and don’t feel much like writing, but Macon said it all anyway. One question does occur to me, though. If a governor executes an innocent man, doesn’t that make the governor a murderer? I’m just sayin’ is all.
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In GA, the govenor doesn’t have clemency authority, it is a board that does that. And yes, that does make them murderers.