Please help stop the execution of Troy Davis!

[AZBlue]

It won't really matter what your opinion is on the death penalty because I don't think anyone on DU would condone the execution of an innocent man.


From Amnesty International:

Troy Davis is scheduled to be executed by the state of Georgia on October 27, even though his serious claims of innocence have never been heard in court.

Take action right now to stop this execution!

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.

Take action and then forward this action to ten friends!

On October 14, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Davis' appeal. This decision means that no court of law will ever hold a hearing on the witnesses who have recanted their trial testimony. An execution under such a cloud of doubt would undermine public confidence in the state's criminal justice system and would be a grave miscarriage of justice.

Here you can find out how to contact the Board and urge them to stop this execution:
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=2590179&template=x.ascx&action=11330

Thank you!

[polichick]

1. Email sent - thanks!

[alsame]

2. Done. n/t

[lazyriver]

3. K&R... This guy needs a new trial.

[RiffRandell]

4. Done.

I live in GA and have been following this.

[katandmoon]

5. Note -- I contacted the Board through the interface at the link, but got delivery a failure notice

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

6. Convicted by a jury of his peers.

Assault with a deadly weapon of a homeless man and then murder of a police officer, the death penalty seems reasonable.

David