Excerpted from September 9, 2011 article appearing in the New America Media
"The Troy Davis Case: Will America Execute Another Innocent?"
by Earl Ofari Hutchinson [See @ http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/09-11]
Without a stay of execution by the Georgia's Board of Pardons and Paroles, Troy Anthony Davis will be executed. From the facts, Georgia's Board of Pardons and Paroles should be agreeing to stay the execution and make a review of the record to make sure a mistake is not done (again).
The facts in his case? There was no murder weapon or physical evidence linking Davis to the murder, and a score of witnesses that originally implicated Davis as the shooter recanted their testimony. The witnesses have since the conviction claimed that they lied because they were scared stiff by police coercion, harassment and threats [7 witnesses say Troy is innocent according to Chang.org], and that another man committed the crime for which he will be killed [according to Amnesty International, nine people have signed affidavits implicating another man]. Others cut deals with police and prosecutors to walk free or to get lighter sentences for their own crimes. And yet others have long and dubious reputations as jailhouse snitches that prosecutor’s parade to the witness stand to finger a defendant, again in exchange for leniency.
WHAT CAN YOU DO? (1) Pray for justice & mercy to be done by the Georgia authorities and pray for the prosecution team to join in the request for first a stay of execution and an appropriate review of the record and appropriate action, (2) Sign a petition on line @ http://www.change.org/petitions/chairman-state-of-georgia-board-of-pardons-and-paroles-grant-clemency-to-my-brother-troy-davis or @ http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/troy/]
THE QUESTION MANY OF US HAVE: What would Mike Ramos, our current District Attorney do presented with the same record?
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