In Memoriam: Troy Anthony Davis, 1968 - 2011

[sasha031]

Davis' letter today to supporters...
I want to thank all of you for your efforts and dedication to Human Rights and Human Kindness, in the past year I have experienced such emotion, joy, sadness and never ending faith. It is because of all of you that I am alive today, as I look at my sister Martina I am marveled by the love she has for me and of course I worry about her and her health, but as she tells me she is the eldest and she will not back down from this fight to save my life and prove to the world that I am innocent of this terrible crime.
As I look at my mail from across the globe, from places I have never ever dreamed I would know about and people speaking languages and expressing cultures and religions I could only hope to one day see first hand. I am humbled by the emotion that fills my heart with overwhelming, overflowing Joy. I can’t even explain the insurgence of emotion I feel when I try to express the strength I draw from you all, it compounds my faith and it shows me yet again that this is not a case about the death penalty, this is not a case about Troy Davis, this is a case about Justice and the Human Spirit to see Justice prevail.
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=8772

[ThatsMyBarack]

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[WillyT]

2. :( ::::::

:cry:

:kick: & Rec !!!

[sethgrogen]

3. was he really strapped in for 3 hours? i couldn't imagine...

[shireen]

6. no. nt.

[readmoreoften]

7. Bullshit. I was with the CEDP and they are close to the family and they fact check like crazy.

He was strapped down for 3 1/2 hours with the needle in his arm. Reports were that it was very silent in the room when he died and you could hear the air-conditioner humming.

[shireen]

8. i found the article you referenced

http://www.nodeathpenalty.org/news-and-updates/we-are-all-troy-davis

As sympathetic as I am with that organization, I would like additional proof to back up that statement.

Perhaps I should not have just said 'no' and I apologize for that. That was my reaction because I found the idea of it too ridiculous to be possible. Having had IVs put in me many times, I know it's a quick procedure so there's no reason to keep him strapped in for 3 hours.

[FrenchieCat]

4. It could be any one of us.

and that's what we need to realize.

[Mnemosyne]

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