Thom Hartmann: Troy Davis - could another innocent man DIE?

[thomhartmann]

Run time: 14:28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emKsYfdEPco   Posted on YouTube: September 15, 2011 By YouTube Member: TheBigPictureRT Views on YouTube: 53   Posted on DU: September 15, 2011 By DU Member: thomhartmann Views on DU: 778

 
Larry Cox, Amnesty International, joins Thom Hartmann. Is the state of Georgia on the verge of executing an innocent man? On September 21st - Troy Anthony Davis will be put to death by lethal injection for shooting and killing a police officer back in 1989. At the time - there was no hard evidence tying Davis to the murder - no forensic evidence - no videotape - no murder weapon - nothing. But there were nine eyewitnesses who testified in the trial implicating Davis. However today - seven of those nine witnesses have recanted their testimony - and ten new witnesses have since come forward pointing the finger at another man for the murder. Yet Davis is still on death row - and is set to die in a week. Members of Congress John Lewis and Hank Johnson wrote a letter to the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles - asking for Davis’s sentence to be reduced to life in prison. So too have numerous other public figures including former President Jimmy Carter - Pope Benedict - and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. So now it’s up to the state paroles board - and Republican Governor Nathan Deal - to determine whether or not they will put a man to death with serious questions surrounding his guilt.

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[tblue]

1. THANK YOU, THOM!!!

Breaks my heart.

[midnight]

2. I'm just now listening to this... Thank you Jimmy Carter for writing on behave this man....

Good question Tom.... Why not a new trial....

[sabrina 1]

3. Too late to rec, but thank for posting this.

I am completely opposed to the DP as I consider it to be barbaric. But even supporters have to worry about innocent people being victims of state sponsored murder.

I did not know much about this case, and kudos to the activists who finally got our attention.

I read that even the judge who 'cleared the way' for the execution admitted that there is no certainty of his guilt. Why any judge would go forward with the DP when he knows there is so much doubt, I can't imagine.

[EFerrari]

4. Thanks for covering this, Thom. n/t