May 15 2009
Global Day of Action for Troy Davis
Georgia death-row inmate Troy Davis’ 30-day stay of execution expires today, just days before activists launch a new campaign to try to save his life. Davis was accused of killing a police officer in Georgia in 1991 and sentenced to death. He was on the verge of being executed a month ago when he was granted time to file a habeas corpus petition with the US Supreme Court. He was, however, denied the request for a new hearing. On Tuesday May 19th Amnesty International USA is sponsoring a Global Day of Action for Troy Davis. As part of the actions, groups and individuals all around the world will be organizing demonstrations, vigils, teach-ins or other public events designed to show the state of Georgia that the execution of Troy Davis would be an unacceptable travesty of justice. The activism is based on a belief in Davis’s innocence, as there was no physical evidence against him, and no murder weapon produced either. Out of 9 witnesses who testified against Davis, 7 have recanted or contradicted their testimony. Davis could see a new execution date within a few weeks. But his life could be saved with the stroke of the Georgia Governor’s pen. Until then, his fate hangs in the balance.
GUEST: Laura Moye, Deputy Director with AIUSA’s Southern Regional Office in Atlanta
For more information, visit www.globaldayfortroy.org.
One Response to “Global Day of Action for Troy Davis”
Well if it’s not clear enough yet; let me see if I can shine a little more light on this type of case.
It’s so obvious that the guy is innocent that the prosecution has to go straight for the death penalty from the start. Some times in order to get to the moon; one has to shoot for the stars. It is true that all prosecutors have to have a certain percentage of success in these types of cases but the problem is not that there are not enough of this type of crime taking place that would allow them to practice in a most affective way, no that’s not the case at all, but the truth is that it’s easier to lock a black man for murder than it is to lock a white man for a reared child support, this is proven. Time is the real factor in this case and many others like it. To the courts, it doesn’t matter weather he’s innocent or guilty, the case was handled in the elevator or the men’s room long before the Judge got the docket. I don’t know if you noticed AFTER the OJ case, they never even looked for another suspect, now why was that? It didn’t even matter that he was found not guilty. The prosecution was so set on taking out OJ; local law enforcement didn’t even allocate funds or the man power to search for the possibility of another suspect to this day. I myself have been told by members of the DA’s office here in my home town “we don’t care about the child, we just want the money” my child care was ahead at the time but the DA’s conviction rate was behind. It’s really about money, no matter how you slice it or where you start, in the end, the prevailing most common denominator will be denominations. This man’s life is another mans cap feather. Read the United States Constitution, it hasn’t been rewritten; we are still considered to be part cattle and to them cattle needs to be lead to the slaughter at on time or another, one way or another.