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If i send letter he might be dead by the time the letter gets there.

I signed that petition a while ago on another site and its a damn shame how something like this happens in America. Witness testimony aside, there was no physical evidence. I mean Casey Anthony had the body of her dead child buried not far from her own home, waited a damn month to report her missing and then lied to police over and over about what happened yet her ass walks free. NYC cops fire over 50 bullets at an unarmed Sean Bell on the eve of his wedding yet nothing happened to them. I just don't get how the Georgia appeals board can deny his plea for clemency in the face of 7 witnesses essentially claiming police harassment/coercion and obstruction of justice as the reason why they identified Davis in the first place. BTW why the hell did they wait so long to come forward or did they come forward as soon as the death penalty verdict came down?

Still... no physical evidence for shooting the cop! I think before anyone is ever given the death penalty you better have some physical evidence. If we are going to convict people on heresay and questionable witnesses picking your photo out of many or identifying one in a line up , which can be shot down with a really good attorney, then we ought not execute them.

The family of the victim must make some pretty compelling arguments to the board as to why they shouldn't grant Davis clemency or a new trial.

Just sad.

formallypickles said:

If i send letter he might be dead by the time the letter gets there.

i think the naacp website has a petition you can complete online.

ABSOLUTELY. It makes me sick. "I think before anyone is ever given the death penalty you better have some physical evidence."

HotGritz said:

I signed that petition a while ago on another site and its a damn shame how something like this happens in America. Witness testimony aside, there was no physical evidence. I mean Casey Anthony had the body of her dead child buried not far from her own home, waited a damn month to report her missing and then lied to police over and over about what happened yet her ass walks free. NYC cops fire over 50 bullets at an unarmed Sean Bell on the eve of his wedding yet nothing happened to them. I just don't get how the Georgia appeals board can deny his plea for clemency in the face of 7 witnesses essentially claiming police harassment/coercion and obstruction of justice as the reason why they identified Davis in the first place. BTW why the hell did they wait so long to come forward or did they come forward as soon as the death penalty verdict came down?

Still... no physical evidence for shooting the cop! I think before anyone is ever given the death penalty you better have some physical evidence. If we are going to convict people on heresay and questionable witnesses picking your photo out of many or identifying one in a line up , which can be shot down with a really good attorney, then we ought not execute them.

The family of the victim must make some pretty compelling arguments to the board as to why they shouldn't grant Davis clemency or a new trial.

Just sad.

damn

Maybe the system is protecting one of their own. I just dont understand. Casey Anthony the murder is free and rich and an innocent man will die."I just don't get how the Georgia appeals board can deny his plea for clemency in the face of 7 witnesses"

Oubah said:

ABSOLUTELY. It makes me sick. "I think before anyone is ever given the death penalty you better have some physical evidence."

HotGritz said:

I signed that petition a while ago on another site and its a damn shame how something like this happens in America. Witness testimony aside, there was no physical evidence. I mean Casey Anthony had the body of her dead child buried not far from her own home, waited a damn month to report her missing and then lied to police over and over about what happened yet her ass walks free. NYC cops fire over 50 bullets at an unarmed Sean Bell on the eve of his wedding yet nothing happened to them. I just don't get how the Georgia appeals board can deny his plea for clemency in the face of 7 witnesses essentially claiming police harassment/coercion and obstruction of justice as the reason why they identified Davis in the first place. BTW why the hell did they wait so long to come forward or did they come forward as soon as the death penalty verdict came down?

Still... no physical evidence for shooting the cop! I think before anyone is ever given the death penalty you better have some physical evidence. If we are going to convict people on heresay and questionable witnesses picking your photo out of many or identifying one in a line up , which can be shot down with a really good attorney, then we ought not execute them.

The family of the victim must make some pretty compelling arguments to the board as to why they shouldn't grant Davis clemency or a new trial.

Just sad.

HotGritz said:

formallypickles said:

If i send letter he might be dead by the time the letter gets there.

i think the naacp website has a petition you can complete online.

They do. Here.

do you know the details of the trial? that Coles guy seems pretty sketchy to me. i never trust a rat.

Never trust a rat indeed. "Initially a suspect himself, a man named Sylvester Coles went to the police to say that Troy Davis was the killer, focusing at­tention on Troy. Curiously, Coles admits he was carrying a .38 caliber gun half an hour before Officer MacPhail was shot—the same caliber that was used in the killing. Troy admits that he was at the scene before MacPhail was shot, but that he had stepped in to help a homeless man who was being pistol-whipped by Coles." http://www.nodeathpenalty...troy-davis

whistle said:

do you know the details of the trial? that Coles guy seems pretty sketchy to me. i never trust a rat.

This is shameful. It could be anyone of us. The law is man made. It was not written in the sky. How can we let this happen?

Oubah said:

This is shameful. It could be anyone of us. The law is man made. It was not written in the sky. How can we let this happen?

I agree. Although, personally I don't think the fact that he may be innocent is the concerning part of the story; I think it would be terrible to kill him even if he were guilty.

WELL SAID.

The1592 said:

Oubah said:

This is shameful. It could be anyone of us. The law is man made. It was not written in the sky. How can we let this happen?

I agree. Although, personally I don't think the fact that he may be innocent is the concerning part of the story; I think it would be terrible to kill him even if he were guilty.

nevermind

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what state is that in?? call the govenor's office, i've have been fortunate enough to call on two death cases here in texas and they stayed both cases......

I don't know specifics of the case but people are saying there are major doubts in the facts. In that case the state is committing PREMEDITATED MURDER.

i'm checkin it out now...im about to call the govenor...that shyt is ridiculous....

I don't see anything stopping this from happening.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/...d=14571862

Hip hop stars used Twitter today to urge their fans to protest and the NAACP has scheduled a news conference in an effort halt this evening's execution of convicted Georgia cop killer Troy Davis.

Davis's attorneys have launched a series of last-ditch efforts just hours before he is scheduled to receive a lethal injection for the 1989 murder of Savannah cop Mark MacPhail.

A Georgia board of pardons and paroles today rejected Davis' offer to take a lie detector test, and his attorney Brian Kammer submitted a petition to the county where the jail is located to block the execution, although it is unclear whether the jail has any jurisdiction.

Davis, 42, is scheduled to be executed at 7 p.m. He has refused the option of a final meal. His lawyers said he will spend his remaining hours with friends, family, and supporters instead.

He has spent 22 years on death row and in recent years support for his plea of innocence has grown as several witnesses recanted their testimony that he fired the shot that killed MacPhail. His impending execution has brought those efforts to a head.

In the 24 hours before his scheduled death, a flurry of messages on Twitter using the hashtags #TroyDavis and #TooMuchDoubt showed thousands of supporters of Davis who were intent on flooding the Jackson Distirct Attorney's office, Georgia Judge Penny Freezeman's office, and the U.S. Attorney General's office with phone calls and emails to beg for a stay on the execution.

[ I want to say I believe the comment in red to be true. I was on Twitter yesterday constantly hashtagging Troy along with several follows and followers and nothing happened. Some of my own tweets didn't even show in my timeline.] Some users accused Twitter of blocking the topic from trending on Tuesday, though a representative from Twitter told ABC News there was no such action taken. The hashtags were trending today in cities around the US as well as Germany, the UK, Sweden, and France. Many Tweets called the case a symbol of a return to Jim Crow laws and racial inequalities in the justice system.

Big Boi, a member of the group Outkast, tweeted to his followers to go to the Georgia state prison in Jackson to protest the decision. The Roots' Questlove tweeted a similar message.

A 3 p.m. press conference held by the NAACP and the Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson will call for intervention to save Davis. The NAACP has not made it clear whether they will appeal to President Obama for help.

Amnesty International, which has been fighting on behalf of Davis, encouraged supporters to attend a vigil at the church across the street from the prison at 5:30 p.m. and a protest at 6 p.m., and asked participants to wear a black armband and write on it, "Not in my name!"

Wendy Gozen Brown, a spokeswoman for Amnesty International, said that Troy Davis would want the protests to remain peaceful.

"In this type of situation, there's always the potential for it to go awry, with certain groups, angry rhetoric. But Troy Davis would want people to keep fighting peacefully, for him and for, as he would put it, all of the other Troy Davis's out there."

Others who have voiced support for Davis include former president Jimmy Carter, the pope and a former FBI director.

Davis's execution has been stayed four times for appeals since his conviction in 1989, and the Supreme Court gave him a rare chance to prove his innocence last year, but rejected his plea.

A Georgia board of pardons and paroles rejected Davis's plea for clemency on Tuesday.

The parole board said today that it will not reconsider its decision and the execution will go forward.

Lammastide said:

HotGritz said:

i think the naacp website has a petition you can complete online.

They do. Here.

Yep, I signed it two weeks ago. It's going down any minute now...

Rev. Al is talking about it on MSNBC right now.

Riot police all around...

babynoz said:

Lammastide said:

They do. Here.

Yep, I signed it two weeks ago. It's going down any minute now...

Rev. Al is talking about it on MSNBC right now.

This may sound horrible to some but I think rioting is appropriate in this case and I hope those rioters have guns.

HotGritz said:

babynoz said:

Yep, I signed it two weeks ago. It's going down any minute now...

Rev. Al is talking about it on MSNBC right now.

This may sound horrible to some but I think rioting is appropriate in this case and I hope those rioters have guns.

I was wondering how common it is to have riot police at a vigil?

babynoz said:

HotGritz said:

This may sound horrible to some but I think rioting is appropriate in this case and I hope those rioters have guns.

I was wondering how common it is to have riot police at a vigil?

Depends on who the vigil is for and who the participants are.

HotGritz said:

babynoz said:

I was wondering how common it is to have riot police at a vigil?

Depends on who the vigil is for and who the participants are.

That sounds about right. I wish they could bring a wrongful death suit in cases like this. A riot would just give those racists a reason to kill even more peeps.

babynoz said:

HotGritz said:

Depends on who the vigil is for and who the participants are.

That sounds about right. I wish they could bring a wrongful death suit in cases like this. A riot would just give those racists a reason to kill even more peeps.

IMHO the days of non-violent protests are gone.

HotGritz said:

babynoz said:

That sounds about right. I wish they could bring a wrongful death suit in cases like this. A riot would just give those racists a reason to kill even more peeps.

IMHO the days of non-violent protests are gone.

You might be right and I suspect that it's coming somewhere soon due to the general climate of anger, fear and hatred being ramped up in this country.

Shame on Obama.

2freaky4church1 said:

Shame on Obama.

Thebigpill said:

2freaky4church1 said:

Shame on Obama.

I'm with freaky.. Shame on any and everyone who could have stopped this and didn't. I don't care if the president interferring is unconventional, he does have the power (this according to a death penalty expert) and this is very important.. even if it's only one person (for now), someone is (was?) about to be killed...

So, you want the president to step into a death penalty case that he probably knows nothing about

(Remember Henry Louis Gates)

with unenployment at damn near 10%, Iraq is close to having a nuke, and the republicans are doing all

they can to sabotage his presidency.

I don't know if Mr. Davis kill that Police Officer or not, but what I do know this President or any

president for that matter shouldn't get involved in a case when there are more things that needs his attention.