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| URGENT: Act NOW for Troy Davis!!!
STOP LEGAL LYNCHINGS! ===================== Troy Davis came within 24 hours of execution in July, 2007 before receiving a temporary stay of execution. But the Georgia Supreme Court denied Mr. Davis’ motion for a new trial and now he faces execution on September 23. Troy Davis was sentenced to death for the murder of Police Officer Mark MacPhail in Georgia. The case against him consisted entirely of witness testimony which contained inconsistencies even during the trial. Since then, all but two of the state's nine non-police 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. Troy Davis is scheduled to be executed by the state of Georgia on September 23, even though his serious claims of innocence havenever been heard in court. Taking ACTION IS QUICK AND EASY at Take Action Online | Amnesty International USA | Human Rights Action Troy Davis was convicted of murder solely on the basis of witness testimony, and seven of the nine non-police witnesses have since recanted or changed their testimony, several citing police coercion. Others have signed affidavits implicating one of the remaining two witnesses as the actual killer. But due to an increasingly restrictive appeals process, none of this new evidence has ever been heard in court. On July 16, 2007, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles stayed Troy Davis' execution, stating that it would "not allow an execution to proceed in this State unless and until its members are convinced that there is no doubt as to the guilt of the accused" (emphasis added). The failure of courts to hear the compelling evidence of innocence in this case means that massive doubts about Troy Davis' guilt will remain unresolved. PLEASE TAKE ACTION NOW, AND THEN FORWARD TO 10 FRIENDS. WE MUST DO SOMETHING!!
__________________ "We must continue to move forward and do everything we can to outlaw legal lynching in America. We must continue to stand together in unity and to demand a moratorium on all executions. You must stay strong. You must continue to hold your heads up, and to be there. We will prevail. Keep marching Black people. They are killing me tonight. They are murdering me tonight." -- Excerpts of Last Words of Bro. Shaka Sankofa, an innocent man executed by the state of Texas, 6/22/00. www.myspace.com/nattyreb7 |
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Spreading it around because I have meet his sister and I know he is from a good family. This is shameful that he is still going through this.
__________________ "We may be investigated, incarcerated or murdered for the things we dare to write... But we are young and Black, fearless and free... Every poem, every incandescent word is a personal revolution" Celeste "ayasha" Golden (my queen rest well and I'll see you when I get there.)http://awrittenlifeapoeticsoul.blogspot.com/ www.themindkitchen.com |
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