Day of Witness for Troy Davis - is now

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Day of Witness for Troy Davis


- NAACP President Benjamin Jealous, who recently met with Davis for two hours on death row said, "Beyond a shadow of a doubt, this man is innocent." -


We need everyone who cares about Troy Davis and innocence to do whatever they can to persuade DA Chisolm to reopen Troy's case. Be as creative as you can in getting his attention and, above all, speak in your own voice. Tell Chisolm from your heart why he needs to intervene.

We encourage you to make one-to-one contact with him whether it be through faxing a personal letter, email, phone call, video message, or a personal visit with Chisolm.

The most important thing is that you contact him and do it TODAY. If you simply do not have time to send your own message, there are many time-saving and easy options available:

ACLU:
https://secure.aclu.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=906&page=UserAction&s_src=taf&JServSessionIdr011=dmq87c4v21.app25a

Amnesty:
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=2590179&template=x.ascx&action=12361

Investigate the Injustice Petition:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/17/investigate-the-injustice

Atlanta CEDP's Concern Professors letter :
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/concerned-professors-for-troy-davis


It is imperative that Chisolm understands that Troy's case is important to people across the spectrum and that TROY'S INNOCENCE is the ISSUE! Troy cannot afford to have that message diluted. So, please speak in your own voice and deliver your message to Chisolm directly.

Larry Chisolm
District Attorney
133 Montgomery Street
Savannah, Georgia 31401
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone] or [phone]


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Email, Fax and Call Attorney General Eric Holder

You can make make your letter and comments personal, just please have these points:
Ask him to check into Troy Davis' case because he is being denied access to courts due to Anti-terrorism Bill; that he was sentenced to death based on eyewitness testimony with no DNA, no weapon, no physical evidence; 7 out of 9 eyewitness have recanted and 9 further witnesses were never heard in any court of law; exculpatory evidence was omitted in all stages. The state's case has fallen apart, Mr. Davis has faced execution 3 times, and if the US Supreme Court does not take case he may face execution a 4th time, because he is being denied access to courts due to procedure and technicality.


To email the Attorney General: mailto:[e-mail].
To call: [phone] toll-free at [phone]
(another number given by another source is: 202-353-1555 )
To Fax: [phone] or [phone]

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From Michael E. Ross, West Coast journalist and a frequent contributor to The Loop, The Root and PopMatters:

What can Holder do?

It’s here that Holder can scrutinize the conviction of Davis, a former coach with the Savannah Police Athletic League, and the prosecution’s speculation on why a citizen would suddenly go from incidental contact with the police to murdering an officer.

It’s here that Holder could demand an inquiry into why most of the eyewitnesses have changed their stories.

It’s here that Holder could demand a civil rights investigation into the claims by those prosecution witnesses who allege police coercion.

It’s here that Holder’s Justice Department can consult with Boleyn and other Georgia prosecutors to discover why there’s apparently been no consideration of Coles’ alleged private claim of culpability for this crime — or why Boleyn thinks such an admission isn’t trustworthy but the implication of another man is.

It’s here that, because a possibly innocent man may die because of Georgia's willingness to ignore what could exonerate him, Eric Holder can stand again on principle.

“In the interest of justice.”

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Please, if you haven't already, sign the petition too:
http://iamtroy.com/

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To write Governor Perdue, asking him to exercise leadership to ensure that this death sentence is commuted. Please urge him to demonstrate respect for fairness and justice by supporting clemency for Troy Davis:

http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=2590179&aid=12168


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PLEASE FORWARD TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE ASKING THEM TO TAKE ACTION WITH US TODAY, TUESDAY JUNE 23RD!!


THANK YOU!!!


Something I keep neglecting to add: Many brilliant and dedicated people wrote the above. I have, for the most part, only compiled their outstanding expressions.

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1. k+r, n/t

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3. thank you very much ColbertWatcher!! - again! Spread Word! eom

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2. MUST read: Berendt: Why the rush to execute Davis?

John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil speaks out about Troy & Lawton.

Excerpts won't do it. PLEASE read the entire piece at the link!


Why the rush to execute Davis?
By John Berendt
Tuesday, June 23

Savannah Morning News

http://savannahnow.com/node/742183


-snip-

Lawton neglects to say that Davis's lawyers were not given subpoena
power by the parole board, so they were able to present only nine of
the 15 witnesses they wanted, not including the ones they deemed most
important. Nor were they permitted to hear or rebut Lawton's
presentation. As for the 29 judges he says reviewed the affidavits,
not one of them heard testimony from a single new or recanting
witness.

-snip-

Lawton leaves out crucial information: the ballistics evidence does
not connect Troy Davis to either shooting that day or to the .38-
caliber handgun which was never found. At trial, no witness identified
Davis as the shooter in the earlier incident.

-snip-

Here Lawton is being intentionally misleading. Davis's lawyers did
rush into court with the affidavits in 2001 (not 2008) and asked for
relief that would have led to a new trial. But they went to federal
court, not state court where Davis had been tried (a distinction
without a difference), and when that appeal was denied, they moved
over to state court (in 2007, not 2008) and filed for a new trial.

-snip-

Fortunately, the case is no longer in Lawton's hands but in those of
the new DA, Larry Chisolm, who comes to it unencumbered by years of
appellate wrangling. One can hope Mr. Chisolm will opt for the humane
course and finally let all the evidence be properly heard.


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John Berendt is the author of "Midnight in the Garden of Good and
Evil," the best-selling book that chronicled the people and events
surrounding the conviction and subsequent acquittal of Savannah
antique dealer Jim Williams, who was charged with murdering Danny
Hansford in 1981.

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...including DA Lawton

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4. the kick in the gut of finding out how few here care... devastating. eom