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Georgia Supreme Court allows videotaping of execution – ajc

By Bill Rankin

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Georgia Supreme Court today rejected a stay of tonight’s scheduled execution of Cobb County killer Andrew Grant DeYoung, but it is allowing the lethal injection to be videotaped.

The state Attorney General’s Office had asked the state’s highest court to vacate a judge’s order to allow the videotaping of tonight’s scheduled execution of Cobb County killer Andrew Grant DeYoung.

“Executions in this state [...]

Obama has created one commission a month since taking office

As a candidate for president, Barack Obama called study commissions created by politicians “Washington-speak for we’ll get back to you later.”

He mocked his Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain, for suggesting a commission study the Wall Street meltdown, saying, “We don’t need a commission to tell us how we got into this mess, we need a president who will lead us out of this mess, and [...]