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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Bring Some Understanding Here Today
Posted by Tata | 8:11 AM
A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness.

-Nelson Mandela, activist, South African president, Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1918)



NAACP:
Troy Davis is running out of time. On September 21st, the state of Georgia is set to execute Davis for murdering a white police officer, despite the fact that seven out of nine witnesses have recanted and the judge called his own ruling "not ironclad."

Other witnesses have since come forward with conflicting accounts of the crime, and even pointed towards another man as the killer. And perhaps most shocking, there was never any DNA evidence linking Troy to the crime.

There is too much doubt to execute Troy Davis, and it is up to us to make Troy's voice heard.

Start now by sending a message to the Georgia Paroles Board, which has a final hearing for Troy on Monday, September 19. Tell them there is too much doubt to execute Troy Davis.


Change.org:
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT

My brother, Troy Davis, has been on Georgia's death row for 20 years despite strong evidence of his innocence. His execution date is now scheduled for Wed, Sept 21. He has a hearing in front of the GA Board of Pardons & Parole two days beforehand.We need to tell the Board strongly and clearly: There's too much doubt to execute Troy Davis!

The case against my brother Troy consisted entirely of witness testimony which contained inconsistencies even at the time of the trial. Since then, seven out of nine witnesses from the trial have recanted or contradicted their testimony.

Many of these witnesses have stated in sworn affidavits that they were pressured or coerced by police into testifying or signing statements against Troy Davis. Here is what one had to say:

“I got tired of them harassing me, and they made it clear that the only way they would leave me alone is if I told them what they wanted to hear. I told them that Troy told me he did it, but it wasn’t true."

We need to tell the Board strongly and clearly: There's too much doubt to execute Troy Davis!

Regardless of how one feels about the death penalty, we must all agree that the guilty party is the person who should be punished for crimes committed. Punishing innocent people certainly happens, but the death penalty should never, never be applied when doubts about guilt exist.

Please sign one or both of these petitions. What you say, what you do, matter.

Crossposted at Poor Impulse Control.
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Blogger Pangolin said...
You clearly fail to understand the U.S. conservative worldview. For the american right human sacrifice for the ritual expiation of sins isn't ancient mythology but an ongoing practice.

This is very important......They don't care if the person sacrificed is innocent or guilty. They, in fact, prefer to execute innocent people because that is the ritual at the heart of their religious practice.

Remember that these people regularly lynched innocent black men and women for fifty years as a public spectacle. When lynching became cause for Federal Government action the South simply switched to death penalty executions after kangaroo court trails.

The point is these people do not care that they are killing an innocent man. Just as they do not care that the wars on Iraq was prosecuted on an innocent people. At the core; the killing of innocents is the whole point.
9/14/11, 11:17 AM  
Blogger D. said...
I just hope they don't execute him--I'll get at the petitions as soon as I get back from the, ahem, errands.

Also, it's a dirty shame that the Chambers Brothers video for this song doesn't exist...
9/14/11, 11:49 AM  
Anonymous Tata said...
Pangolin,

You can be right. Let's say that you are. Good for you. Will you sign the freaking petition or what?
9/14/11, 10:07 PM  
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