" Troy Davis's case presents disturbing facts that should not be disregarded.

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Troy Davis was sentenced to death in 1991 for the murder of off-duty police officer Mark Allen MacPhail, who was shot dead outside a Burger King in Savannah, Georgia in 1989. Officer MacPhail was intervening on behalf of Larry Young, a homeless man, who was being harassed in the parking lot of the Burger King.

Troy Davis's case presents disturbing facts that should not be disregarded.

No physical evidence directly links him to the murder.
No murder weapon was ever found.
The case against him primarily rested on witness testimony, which contained inconsistencies even at the time of the trial.
Since his trial, seven of nine key witnesses have recanted or changed their testimony, some alleging police coercion.
Throughout the trial and subsequent appeals, Troy Davis has maintained his innocence.

As you know the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments require proof "beyond a reasonable doubt of every fact necessary to constitute the crime with which he is charged." This conditions have not been met in the case of Troy Davis. To execute him under these circumstances would be a travesty. The many doubts surrounding his guilt make Mr Davis the ideal candidate for clemency."http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bianca-jagger/bianca-jagger-troy-davis_b_969299.html

This is the best piece that I have written on this travesty....

[shireen]

1. this case boggles my mind.

wtf is going on in Georgia?

[Papagoose]

3. I live here and ask myself that every single day

It's a frightening place to live some days.

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4. I know the feeling... Here in Wisconsin we have our male judges choking our female

judges to prove their powerful over those who dissent... It scare me too....

[duhneece]

2. I've made two phone calls to the GA Gov...

and have been looking for news. I saw that the hearing before the Pardon Board happened today...now, I am holding my breath, praying for clemency. Too much doubt. But then I'm anti-capital punishment because I believe we are better than that as a culture, because killing people to show that killing people is wrong makes no sense to me, because it's racist, because executing one innocent man is one too many (see http://camerontoddwillingham.com/) Dear Rick Perry: We have not forgotten what you did. Before his execution, Todd Willingham said, “Please don’t ever stop fighting to vindicate me.” On October 22, 2011 we will remind the nation about Rick Perry’s role in the execution of Todd Willingham

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5. Please post if you have any updates I have been wondering about this too....