Monday, September 22, 2008
News Troy Davis protesters sit in governor's office
Posted by Joeff Davis @joeffly on Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 5:29 PM
The Rev. Marvin Morgan, Sister Pat Sullivan and Steve Woodall showed up at Gov. Sonny Perdue's office this morning asking to meet with the governor regarding tomorrow's planned execution of Troy Davis.
According to Deputy Press Secretary Malli McCord, Perdue was not in his office and was unavailable by phone.
“We will let him know you stopped by,” she told the three individuals.
Despite this promise, the three decided to wait until the governor agrees to speak with them. “Our intention is to stay here until the governor comes and sees us or accepts our phone call,” the Rev. Morgan said, sitting on the couch in Perdue's office.
Morgan presented a letter to Ms. McCord requesting that the state kill him instead of Troy Davis. Woodall has been fasting since Thursday afternoon and has camped out in front of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution building in an attempt to bring more attention to the case.
At 1:15 p.m. the three were still sitting in the governor’s office. The office closes at 5:00 p.m.
(Photo By Joeff Davis)
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