Comments on: Troy Davis

By: Joan P

Joan P — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:57:42 +0000

Every mentioning of the death-penalty, even if the suspect was proven beyond any doubt, always makes me cry in frustration. In this case where Troy is most probably innocent it is totally unconcievable to me that people, seemingly just like you and me, just don’t even try to reconsider their own and other’s action. This is not about the ego’s in the judicial system or in jury’s or of police-officers, this about an induviduals life, his family and his friends. How can a society belief in it’s own values in it’s own governing system, if those allow such human abuse? I cry for Roy and his beloved ones and I cry for every death-row sentencee in the world.
Joan (the Netherlands)

By: Daphne B.

Daphne B. — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:34:30 +0000

The good news is, the Supreme Court gave him a week’s reprieve. It’s on the Yahoo front page right now.

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 06:59:52 +0000

Please, Please, Dear Lord, come into the hearts of the Judge, Prosecutor,
Georgia Parole Board and Annelise McPhail to let them see that Troy
Davis could be innocent. Mrs. McPhail has endured the heartbreak of
losing her son. Please, Dear Lord, let her find peace. Let her see through
her tears to give Mr. Davis more time so this case can finally be solved.
With Love and in Your Name I fervently pray. E

By: Cris Smothers

Cris Smothers — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:35:15 +0000

I believe Troy is innocent. I made this video to give Troy a voice.

By: aditi narayan

aditi narayan — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:04:04 +0000

Read

http://www.kavitachhibber.com/main/main.jsp?id=troy_davis_story

By: More Action For Troy Davis : The Curvature

More Action For Troy Davis : The Curvature — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:08:00 +0000

[...] Last week I wrote about the case of Troy Davis, a man who is scheduled to be executed by the state of Georgia on September 23rd, despite ample doubt regarding his guilt in the crime of murdering Police Officer Mark MacPhail. I asked you, along with numerous social justice organizations, to call the George State Board of Pardons and Paroles and ask for clemency or commutation of Davis’ sentence. You did, and our calls jammed the phones. But that same day, the Board inexplicably denied clemency and agreed that the state should go forward with his execution. [...]

By: O. D.

O. D. — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:48:48 +0000

AJB, that link is so upsetting.

I got an e-mail this morning from Amnesty International, with a link to a page where you can e-mail the Board of Pardons and Paroles urging them to reconsider their decision:

http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=2590179&template=x.ascx&action=11288

So it’s not too late to get in touch with them. I just sent the e-mail, and I think I’ll try calling as well. This is a catastrophe that can’t be allowed to happen.

By: AJB

AJB — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:44:59 +0000

Check out this idiot: http://caosblog.com/8824

I can understand why people support the death penalty in principle, but what I don’t get is how could anyone possibly trust our blatantly racist criminal justice system to execute people. It’s pure insanity.

By: UBW

UBW — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:58:36 +0000

Holy. shit.

By: alexandra

alexandra — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:21:09 +0000

My god. I wish I’d seen this yesterday – of course no one answered the phone today.

I cannot believe that this country still institutes the Death Penalty, when time and time again innocent men have been released from Death Row; when our justice system is so obviously racist; when the rich have access to the best lawyers in the world, and the poor to overworked, underpaid public defenders —

it’s disgusting. I just – I can’t believe it.

They’re going to kill a man who may well be innocent, a man whose conviction bears re-examination… Jesus.