Monday, May 15, 2006

 

SHOCKER!

Believe it or not, the clemency board just voted, by a narrow 4-3 margin, to recommend to the Governor that he issue a temporary reprieve and release the physical evidence in the Sedley Alley case for DNA testing!

Now before we go to YIPPEE crazy happy, we need to remember that this is a non-binding recommendation, Bredesen can still do whatever he decides, but this decision is certainly unexpected. The political cover that a denial from the board was likely to provide is now stripped away and points in the other direction. Additionally, it helps call more public attention to the fact that the state has DNA evidence that could be tested and that it clearly should. More and more people are asking, "Why not make absolutely sure?"

Now we don't expect that the Governor will make any move until tomorrow (he'll probably want to allow all the avenues in the court to run to their completion), so, until we hear about a definitive stay, all vigil plans are still on. I repeat :ALL VIGIL PLANS ARE STILL ON! But we are hopeful that the Governor will step up and do the right thing, make absolutely sure before we take a life.
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