Unbelievable That Troy Davis Is Set To Die At 7PM Tonight!

Our system of justice is SUPPOSED to convict a citizen when there is beyond a reasonable doubt. Especially when it comes to the brutal business of the government taking a man's life. A man, a black American man, Troy Davis, is about to be killed in Georgia, tonight, Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 7:00 pm for the alleged 1989 murder of police officer (here is the 411 on Troy). There IS reasonable doubt of this man's guilt. A witness testified that another man confessed to the murders. Multiple jurors recanted their original verdicts. Former FBI director William Sessions called for the death sentence -- by definition permanent -- to be commuted. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution argued that the basis of the guilty verdict is now in doubt. This is America! We don't ask people to prove their innocence! It is supposed to work the other way.

If you can't prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt then you CAN'T kill this man. This case has the world's attention. Is our bloodlust so great that we have to ignore all statements of doubt by those who have looked long and hard at the case and apply the cruelest punishment of all -- death -- which can never be remedied? This man is about to be murdered. Make no mistake: every death sentence is a premeditated murder. Regardless of how we justify it, the execution of a prisoner is a state sanctioned, premeditated murder. And in this country it needs to stop. Make your voices heard.

Tonight Troy Davis refused his last meal, because he cannot accept that he will be killed. I urge politicians, celebrities, opinion leaders to join our long-standing campaign NOW! The last resort we have is for the District Attorney to remove the death warrant on the life of Troy Davis. Tweet on #toomuchdoubt and tell the State of Georgia to save this man's life.

 

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Comments

[chloebe]

07:30 AM on 09/24/2011

And yet absolute silence from the King of Hope! And his two Supreme Court appointees who were supposed to "save" the court voted to allow the execution...

[ResilientReece]

04:55 PM on 09/22/2011

During the reign of the Roman Empire murder was a sport sanctioned by the Emperor and watched at the coliseum. In today's "Roman Empire" it is sanctioned by biased politics and viewed in the media. To admit that there could be a nuclear exploding miscarriage of justice in the Troy Davis case will open the floodgates to other compromised convictions and those responsible for the lack of diligently seeking justice. The definition of "diligently seeking justice" means that all resources are examined and exhausted to secure the "right outcome". Legally and Morally. That staple appears to have been conspicuously absent by those who prosecuted this case.

[Speaker459]

11:43 AM on 09/22/2011

Who are the state employees that sat on the board and decided Troy Davis' fate? Their names and photographs should be plastered all over the media. They should not get to hide behind the curtain.

[Conk]

09:06 AM on 09/22/2011

Rest in peace Mr. Davis.

[hydeparkblvd]

09:03 AM on 09/22/2011

Troy Davis had 3 things working against him:
he is black
the deceased is a policeman
the policeman is white.

[Zip Ominous]

02:20 AM on 09/22/2011

A nation that lives by the sword shall die by the sword.

[ragnbully]

12:04 AM on 09/22/2011

Where were all the supporters during the original trial?

[HammerHead0005]

10:28 AM on 09/22/2011

They had never heard of him, as his story had not yet been posted on some celebrity gossip website.

[giovanni1948]

11:04 PM on 09/21/2011

I don't know whether this man is guilty or not, but what I do know and do not understand is, why is there so much indifference on the part of the man he supposedly killed. All I see is black people supporting Davis simply because he is one of them, however they could care less about the man he may possibly have killed. Lets face it...the blacks and whites will never live in harmony...there is far too many differences and every time there is a problem, it is dominated by the race card. I wonder how some of these liberals would feel about the death penalty, if someone killed one of their loved ones in some horrific way.

[stkyrice]

11:33 PM on 09/21/2011

giovanni, you actually had a logical argument until you used and I quote " I wonder how some of these liberals would feel about the death penalty, if someone killed one of their loved ones in some horrific way.".

[KisaCat]

01:53 AM on 09/22/2011

I wonder how you would feel if the system was rigged against you?!

[HammerHead0005]

09:37 AM on 09/22/2011

Actually, black people are less likely to receive the death penalty for killing someone than white people.

In the United States, 52.2% of homicides are committed by blacks, while 45.8% are committed by whites. http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/homicide/race.cfm

Whereas, the majority of people on death row are white, as are the majority of people executed since the death penalty was reinstated. http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/glance/drrace.cfm

http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/glance/tables/drracetab.cfm

So he probably knows how it feels.

[olliejordan1]

10:27 PM on 09/21/2011

This indeed is another sad day. Although his innocence is question by some. condemning him without reasonable doubt is brutal. Not only should we be rising to save his life. How many of us are willing to get him released?
Not only him but so many others that are rotting behind bars

PRAY!!!!!

[MarxEngelsLeninTrotsky]

10:21 PM on 09/21/2011

"Mr Davis what you did was wrong, killing is wrong, your a killer! So what you gona do to me? well, were gona kill you. Yeh but you said killing is wrong? yeh but no but yeh but no but...

[HammerHead0005]

03:49 PM on 09/23/2011

That's pretty funny, for a guy who named himself after Lenin.

[MarxEngelsLeninTrotsky]

07:21 PM on 09/23/2011

Even funnier if i was a teaparty member.

[artleads]

09:22 PM on 09/21/2011

We'd have a better chance of ending capital punishment (like we did before!) if we vote Dem instead of Rep. No offense meant to Reps out there. I'm referring only to this issue.

[Zip Ominous]

02:25 AM on 09/22/2011

Saying "no offense meant to Reps out there" ensures a U.S. death penalty for a long, long time.

Saying "no offense meant to Reps out there" would have ensured Jim Crow & segregation as permanent American fixtures, too, except fortunately for us your attitude did not prevail amongst civil rights leaders in the 1960s.

[artleads]

11:09 AM on 09/22/2011

"No offense meant" means I am assuming there is some good in Republicans and I'm only dealing with a single issue at this time. It's ad hominem reasoning to believe I agree with everything Republicans stand for. I don't, and I never said I did. Let's focus on getting the right policy instead of demonizing people we disagree with. And don't forget it was Southern DEMOCRATS who stood most for the injustices you mentioned.

[jerryengelbach]

09:21 PM on 09/21/2011

'Press secretary Jay Carney issued a statement saying that although Obama "has worked to ensure accuracy and fairness in the criminal justice system," it was not appropriate for him "to weigh in on specific cases like this one, which is a state prosecution."'

"Not appropriate" to save a life is what one might expect from a president who has never had second thoughts about the innocent blood on his own hands in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

The rich get away with murder. The poor, innocent or gulty, always pay.

[opief]

09:12 PM on 09/21/2011

Be done with it already.Let the victums family know that justice has been done for there loved one!!!

[Ben F]

04:56 AM on 09/27/2011

Now there's two victim's families.

[ancientuno]

08:50 PM on 09/21/2011

Our judicial system is about as competent as our political system.

[StinkyBush]

07:36 PM on 09/21/2011

The government says that its citizens can kill but they can. Totally amazing and even more so when there is such doubt about someone's guilt.