Did President Obama try to get involved in the Troy Davis case?
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According to Atlanta radio host Rob Redding Jr., the Obama administration spent “three days” looking into ways they could legally get involved in the case and even called state officials to urge clemency.
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Redding goes on to claim that:
“The Obama administration even called the state of Georgia about getting involved and were told ‘No.'”
Turns out it was all false and Redding had to retract his earlier statement saying:
“Redding News Review was asked to add a line to its story, because some members of the press were trying to “spin” the report. Our source told us, that the “press” had started saying that Obama would not help a white man on death row.
We added a line about the president himself not making calls about Davis to clear up any confusion. In the Politico report, even April D Ryan says that the death penalty was mentioned at the meeting. She is clearly not the source of our story. We stand by the story, as posted on our websites.”
The White House has come out and refuted all claims by Redding. The fact of the matter is, the Troy Davis execution was a state issue and President Obama had no authority to get involved.
SOURCE: Redding News Review
