Uploaded by Amnesty International (damianrafferty) on 16 September 2008
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Troy has a new stay of execution
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Uploaded by Amnesty International (damianrafferty) on 16 September 2008
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Troy has a new stay of execution
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The laws are in place in order to protect EVERYONE... even the lowly prisoner who (it just so happens) may be innocent. I can not begin to comprehend this man's emotions as he was sentenced to death.
My heart aches for this man whom I do not know. I wish I could change something, I wish I could stop this grave injustice from taking place.
Remember 1 of the human rights. You are innocent until they have enough prove that you are guilty
Troy, you are a completely inspirational human being. I will pray for you until justice is done.
i really want to help
Wonderful news but I want to help further also and look forward to taking further action.
On Friday evening, Troy Davis was issed a stay of execution by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. The stay is expected to last for a month.
This is great news, and I will be updating you more once we have all the information that we need
So it's the 28th now - what happened?
Take action and ask your MP to urgently write to the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles. http://www.protectthehuman.com/actions/get-your...
cruelty
We are aware that there have been some problems with sending e-mail appeals for Troy Davis. It seems they have been bombarded and likely temporarily shut down the address (although now seems to be working again).
If your email is bounced back, please print the letter and fax it to:
001 404 651 8502 and to fax additional copy to Governor Sonny Perdue on 001 404 657 7332
Seemed to work OK for me. Please carry on with this action for now and we will double check everything
I'm looking into this now
The email address that emails get sent to if you 'take action' on this isn't working.
"Unable to deliver message to the following recipients, due to being unable to connect successfully to the destination mail server. Webmaster@pap.state.ga.us".
I don't know how to get this info to the right person so that they can find an email address that works for us to send messages to.
Amnesty International are organising a vigil outside the US Embassy on Grosvenor Square, London on Monday 27th from 5PM.
Please encourage as many people as you can to come along to support this. Also please continue taking action online. We must do all we can to stop this execution.
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View all comments (33 more)Once again the USA have made the decision to ignore the lack of evidence to support the conviction of one of it's death row prisoners. Of course, it is right and proper that we should be campaigning NOW to try to prevent yet another state sanctioned murder. However, while the death penalty remains a possibility on the statute books of ANY country, there is still work to be done.
Troy and his family are in my prayers but as the State Governor of Georgia clearly believes that HE is God, I am not sure we will win this battle.
The decision of the Supreme Court to refuse to overturn this clearly unsafe conviction and barbarous sentence is unintelligible and tragic. Presumably the Governor of Georgia still has the power to pardon this probably innocent man before his state kills him. If he has any sense of justice, he really must do so.
Troy Davis must stay alive! If his stay of execution is overturned, the US will NEVER be seen in the same light seeing that there's so much evidence to prove his innocence.
Buy Killing Troy Davis, the United States of America, not only go against the very beliefs of being American, but also shows the true injustices and corruptness of the American Legal System.
Just because he is a black male, makes him no different to any other American, or any other human.
How can we call ourselves civilized when we live in a world where legalized murder is carried out so often. Murder is murder. A court giving credence to the taking of life is no justification.
I have tried to put myself in the mind of someone waiting on death-row, it is impossible to do, too much to comprehend. The torment and mental anguish must be unbearable, that in itself is torture enough.
The death penalty must be abolished, then maybe we can feel a little more comfortable when we refer to ourselves as civilized.
My thoughts and prayers are with those on death row, and their families and friends x
All civilised countries believe that life is sacred and must not be taken. This is reflected in the laws of these countries. Where I find difficulty is trying to understand these same countries' penal codes that state murder warrants execution. So is life so scared after all?
The death penalty can NEVER be justified. Any person who accepts the sanctity of life can not agree with executions. There have been so many cases where it has later been proved that some of those executed were found to be innocent. One wrong death is one too many. That is just one side of the argument. The other is how life is valued.
The stay of execution is a start. The US Supreme Court's decision on Monday is crucial: if they decide not to hear Troy Davis' appeal, Georgia will schedule another date for execution. So let's not celebrate too much too soon.
Take a look at Scott Langley's photos taken last week as the family and protesters waited and watched - and ultimately rejoiced when the news of the stay came through: http://www.langleycreations.com/photo/deathpena...
AIUSA are asking people to take action VIA THEIR WEBSITE. All actions will be stored there and delivered to the appropriate target at the appropriate time. It's really important that we continue to support this action from the UK so please visit www.amnestyusa.org/troydavis and tell everyone you know to visit this page too. We must keep taking action.
Once you've taken the e-mail action, please click through and support AIUSA's fax action to the Board. Click here and take action. This action
will enable you to automatically fax the members of the Board.
www.amnestyusa.org/troydavis
If you do just one thing today please forward this link to everybody in your address book. We have to continue the pressure... urge everyone you know to take action.
troy must not be executed he is inocent
I can't sleep. I can't get Troy Davis out of my mind. I just can't understand how in 2008 they can still execute someone in the USA. Especially
when there is so much doubt that the person committed the crime.
The United Stated of America needs to truly wake up and see that this so-called free country is nothing but a reality show, run by the elites, the government and the media.
They keep us focused on fake news, sports, reality shows and all the propaganda they can throw at as. Meanwhile, there's a young man about to be murdered for a crime that he probably did not commit. But, do we here about this man in the news? Why, of course not. It's more important to hear about Lindsey Lohan's take on Sarah Palin. GOD!
So, I was in bed and I closed my eyes and asked why? Why is Troy Davis being
executed. Yes, there's a cover-up. No doubt in my mind that they just don't want to admit that they are wrong.
So, they will murder him on September 23, 2008.
My eyes were closed and I tried to think of myself as Troy Davis. I'm sitting in my cell, definitely not sleeping and thinking about a few hours from now receiving a needle that will take me from here to nothing. Nothing's a scary place as I felt for that moment. I had to stop because it was so empty.
Troy must be wondering what we are doing. Are we going to help him or just let those monsters take him alive. There are people trying to help. The numbers in this case are outstanding. We have contacted everyone we can from the
White house, to the parole board, to the media etc, etc, etc.
Even Jimmy Carter believes he is innocent and called for stay of execution for Troy.
Think about it for a second with your eyes closed. You're in a room, tied to a chair and someone will shoot you with an injection and take away your body, your hear and your mind! SNAP!!! You are gone.
We need to abolish the death penalty.
This is why:
False confessions, mistaken eyewitness accounts, incompetent counsel and jailhouse snitches are often the cause of an innocent person's conviction.
That is what happened to Troy Davis. What if it was you?
Almost all people accused of death-eligible crimes are impoverished and must rely on court-appointed lawyers to defend them at trial. Minority defendants may be represented by lawyers who are not only incompetent but also openly bigoted. At a minimum, a lack of cultural sensitivity to other ethnic groups may affect their ability to prepare adequately for the case.
More than half the world's countries have abolished the death penalty, including Russia, South Africa, all of Western and most of Eastern Europe.
Abolition of the death penalty is a requirement for admission to the European Union.
The US is only one of two countries (Iran) that continue to execute juveniles. There are 81 juvenile offenders currently on death row in the USA.
Yet so many people still believe in what our country is doing. How can that be?
MEDIA, TELEVISION and the constant mind games that our government plays with us.
"I said then, I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free."
Good night Troy~
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Tell your friends to send the email too!
Remember to tell your friends! Don't just send an email yourself!
The moment one speaks of Justice,
one has left the Way.
-Lao Tzu
I thought about starting a portest, but I don't live anywhere close to Georgia. If I got media attention, would it be effective? I don't know if I'm qualified to do something like this. Who can I talk to about it?
I thought about starting a portest, but I don't live anywhere close to Georgia. If I got media attention, would it be effective? I don't know if I'm qualified to do something like this. Who can I talk to about it?
No war was ever created to protect us.
There has always been inside reasons to declare war. MONEY!!!
And there is an inside reason for Troy Davis to be in prison. To protect someone else...
~Cris Smothers
A video I made in the name of Troy Anthony Davis and GOD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6u6d1mo-pY
I posted the word on 3 different forums-- hopefully we'll get a good response. How much will it take to get the Board's attention?
Great to see Boing Boing spreading the word. There's also more we can do on Amnesty USA's site. See http://www.amnestyusa.org/troydavis for info on local rallys, text actions and more info on the case.
Let's hope the right decision is made.
We as Americans need to stand up and fight for Troy Anthony Davis. We
cannot allow the State of Georgia to execute a man for a cirme he did not
committ. How can we live as free Americans if we allow such barbarism to
take over our human rights. This young man deserves every right and freedom to a fair trial and judical system that our fore fathers intended
this country to have. Please do your part and sign every petition and
makes those calls to Govenor Perdu, General Attorney Baker, and
the Board of Pardons and Paroles in Georgia.
As of yesterday, over 1500 people had mailed the authorities to stop this 'crime in progress' from the UK site alone. After being featured in boing boing today and taken with the efforts of activists on this site and around the web, I hope that number will be much higher. No one can be in any doubt that this man's case has a lot of people's attention now and that executing him would be utterly unforgivable, obscene in fact. I have shared links to everyone I know of Facebook and wherever else I can. I am still hopeful that the right decision will be taken in this case and he will be permanently removed from death row and his case reviewed thoroughly and the evidence looked at afresh.
Scary to say it, but our system is so full of mindless bureaucrats who care little for truth and correcting the inequities - let alone acknowledging them, but rather they protect their positions within the system and maintain that there's nothing wrong with it.
It takes a cold heart to not be moved after reading about the circumstances of this case and listening to this man's appeal.
it shows the US Department of Justice has utter contempt for evidence and justice, that somewhat key word present in their own blooming title. Utter outrage. I somehow think that if it were a rich kid or a politician's son, the case review would of actually be performed correctly and fairly.
It's nothing but murder.
Outbloodyrageous.
action is here: http://www.protectthehuman.com/actions/stop-the...
Digg it, send it to friends, upload to YouTube. If we've all got a 100+ friends on Facebook that's a lot of people we can reach.
What else can we do to publicise his case?
This man, against whom there is only the evidence of retracted witness statements will be dead on Tuesday unless we do something. Please do the action and send a link to this page to everyone you know.
what a powerful thing to hear Troy Davis. Let's all take the action and put pressure on the State Board of Pardons and Paroles in Georgia to stop the execution!
One witness, Antoine Williams, a Burger King employee who at the trial identified Davis as the gunman, later said:
"Even today, I know that I could not honestly identify with any certainty who shot the officer that night. I couldn't then either. After the officers talked to me, they gave me a statement and told me to sign it. I signed it. I did not read it because I cannot read. At Troy Davis's trial, I identified him as the person who shot the officer. Even when I said that, I was totally unsure whether he was the person who shot the officer. I felt pressured to point at him because he was the one who was sitting in the courtroom. I have no idea what the person who shot the officer looks like."
We must all do what we can to try to prevent the state sanctioned murder of a human being. If we don't then Troy Davis, despite serious concerns about the validity of his conviction, will be killed in 6 days time.
Please take action now!
the action is under the 5 minutes tab above, 'Stop the Execution of Troy Davis'
If Troy's words, spoken by him for you, don't move you to act, consider this... in precisely 7 days' time this man will be dead and his voice will be 'from beyond the grave'. You still have the power to help stop another life being snuffed out. Act now! Send an appeal. Fwd to your friends.
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