Stay of Execution for Troy Davis

Thanks to the efforts of Amnesty International, Troy Davis will not be executed at this time. Click the pictures for the whole story, but it does appear that he is innocent and it is a great relief that there will be another chance to prove it. read more

Troy Davis was convicted of killing a white police officer, despite the fact that no physical evidence linked him to the crime and the case was based entirely on the word on eyewitnesses. Now, years later, seven of the nine eyewitnesses have recanted and Mr. Davis' sole hope is a clemency hearing tomorrow. It's cases like this, where a person's life hangs on the most unreliable form of evidence there is---eyewitness testimony---that made me finally reject the death penalty as a viable option...

from the ACLU: Troy Anthony Davis almost certainly is innocent, but that has not stopped the State of Georgia from giving him a new execution date: September 23, 2008. The State of Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole held a hearing on his case on September 12, 2008 and, despite tens of thousands of letters from ACLU supporters, denied him clemency. The Board still has discretion and can choose to hear Davis's case again. An African-American, Davis was convicted of the murder of off-duty Savannah...

Troy Davis is scheduled to be executed tonight at 7 PM. For those not familiar with his story, you may want to read this (NY Times, requires login) or this (ABC News, no login required). Now I'll confess, I'm generally against capital punishment. But how can you justify executing a man when, due to the absence of physical evidence (gunpowder residue, murder weapon) he is convicted based on witness accounts, and then seven of the witnesses later recant their testimony. Three witnesses have...

Urge Gov. Perdue to Support Clemency for Troy Davis Troy Davis faces execution for the murder of Police Officer Mark MacPhail in Georgia, despite a strong claim of innocence. 7 out of 9 witnesses have recanted or contradicted their testimony, no murder weapon was found and no physical evidence links Davis to the crime. The Georgia Board of Pardon and Paroles has voted to deny clemency, yet Governor Perdue can still exercise leadership to ensure that his death sentence is commuted....

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