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Stop Sending Innocent People to Death Row: End the Death Penalty

Chad Stokes Urmston | Posted 11.12.2009 | Impact

Read More: State of Georgia, Death Penalty, Chad Stokes, Troy Davis, Abolish Death Penalty, Impact News
Chad Stokes Urmston

Every morning for the last 18 years, Troy Davis has woken up on death row, despite the absence of evidence. This is a flagship case for why the death penalty is wrong and we must continue to advocate for its abolition.

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Lapses Are the Norm, Not the Exception When It Comes to Our Justice System

Amy Bach | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Exoneration, Dna, Edward Flynn, Criminal Justice System, Walter Ellis, Department of Justice, Evidence, Dna Evidence, Troy Davis, John Dipko, Politics News
Amy Bach

Law enforcement agencies work independently of each other, and don't coordinate well as a rule. When problems do arise, they are quick to renounce responsibility. Usually, they blame each other.

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WATCH: The Untold Story Behind the Troy Davis Supreme Court Decision

Lee Camp | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Troy Davis Execution, Troy Davis, Politics News
Lee Camp

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When It Comes to Claims of Actual Innocence, Courts Need to Consider Recantations

John Maki | Posted 09.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Exoneration, Johnnie Lee Savory, Capital Punishment, Death Row, Cook County Criminal Justice System, Criminal Justice, Recantations, Center on Wrongful Convictions, Thaddeus Jimenez, Innocence, Troy Davis, Antonin Scalia, Illinois Death Penalty, Chicago News
John Maki

You might think that judges would be willing to review convictions based on testimony that was later recanted, but in fact courts frequently ignore recantations.

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The Gates Affair: Why We Care

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Troy Davis, Ruben Blades, Al Sharpton, Capital Punishment, Iowa Primaries, James Baldwin, D.C. Statehood, Gitmo, Pablo Escobar, Police Brutality, Liberation Theology, James Crowley, L.A. Riots, Botero, Mount Pleasant STreet Riot, Elijah Mohammed, Civil Rights, Rodney King, Sharon Pratt Dixon, Criminal Just Us System, War on Crime, Vietnam War, Illegal Immigrants, 4th Amendment, Malcolm X, Abu-Ghraib, Pennymac, Louis Farrakhan, The Greaseman, Gentrification, Langston Hughes, Blogosphere, Pedro Navaja, Bill Clinton, Einstein, Colin Powell, Inverse Surveillance, Colombia Road, Adams Morgan, Condoleeza Rice, Jesse Jackson, Driving While Black, Racial Profiling, Barack Obama, Mayor Bradley, Jim Crow, Marion Barry, 2nd Amendment, Martin Luther King, Park Road, Vicente Fernandez, Cambridge Police Department, Skip Gates, Lapd, War on Drugs, Pancho Villa, LosTigres Del Norte, Wpfw, Mariachis, Politics News
Daniel Bruno Sanz

Inheritance is White, poor credit scores, Black. A missing woman is White and a fugitive on the loose is Black.

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Troy Davis, A Man Without a Voice, Speaks for Too Many

Lainey Shany | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Death Row, Naacp, Troy Davis, Innocent Until Proven Guilty, Ee, Politics News
Lainey Shany

But who is Troy Davis? Who is this man who has stirred many to action, yet is unable to speak to directly to the media himself? And how can all of us come to see his plight as our own?

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Henry Louis Gates, Troy Anthony Davis, and the 21st Century Color Line

Amy Goodman | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Troy Anthony Davis, John Duesler, W.E.B. Dubois, Julian Bond, Valley Swim Club, Henry Louis Gates, Henry Louis Gates Arrested, Troy Davis, Naacp, Politics News
Amy Goodman

As it moves into its second century, the NAACP is, unfortunately, as relevant as ever.

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Experts Agree: Death Penalty Not a Deterrent

Tamar Abrams | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Execution, Homicide, Traci Lacock, Crime, Saudi Arabia, Georgia, John Van De Kamp, Criminologists, Death Penalty, Michael Radelet, China, Troy Davis, Deterrence, U.S. Supreme Court, California, Politics News
Tamar Abrams

Only three countries in the world -- China, Iran and Saudi Arabia -- execute more prisoners than the U.S each year; a practice that costs the nation hundreds of millions of dollars annually.

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Troy Davis is Still With Us

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Troy Davis, Death Penalty, Capital Punishment, Human Rights, Amnesty International, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

Excerpt from an article I originally posted back in September: Two hours before Troy Davis was scheduled to die, the U.S. Supreme Court granted him a...

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The 132nd Death Row Exoneree: Implications for the Troy Davis Case

Diann Rust-Tierney | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Texas Death Penalty, Capital Punishment, Troy Davis Execution, Death Penalty, Paul House, Troy Davis, Politics News
Diann Rust-Tierney

One of the many disturbing aspects of capital punishment is that it has no guarantee against mistaken convictions and executions.

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Truthfulness, Justice and the American Way

Paula Gordon | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Interrogations, Troy Davis, Guilt, Judges, Justice, Evidence, Innocence, Civil Rights, Juries, Paul Ekman, Testimony, Politics News
Paula Gordon

While the fate of the nation hangs in the balance, so does that of Troy Anthony Davis. He personifies the continuing threat to justice (and to life) of our de facto judicial system.

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Troubling Questions Surround Troy Davis Execution Set for Monday

Barry Scheck | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Troy Davis Execution, Death Penalty, Troy Davis, Legal Rights, Crime, Politics News
Barry Scheck

The Innocence Project, which I co-founded with Peter Neufeld in 1992, advocates for legislation that improves the accuracy of the criminal justice system by addressing the root causes of the problem.

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Our Civilized Murders

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Racism, Troy Davis, Death Penalty, Troy Davis Execution, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

Two hours before Troy Davis was scheduled to die, the Supreme Court granted him a stay of execution. Now they will decide whether to hear Davis' appeal and become witness to the incredible racism and corruption of the justice system.

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Faith-Based Cruelty: The Other Georgia

Paula Gordon | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Faith-Based, Executions, Troy Davis, Death Penalty, Evidence, Georgia, Politics News
Paula Gordon

What day and time you will die? I, for one, have no interest in knowing. Troy Anthony Davis, almost certainly an innocent man, knows. He'll die Tue...

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Jocks 4 Justice (Including the Great Jim Brown) Say:

Dave Zirin | Posted 10.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Troy Davis, Jim Brown, Etan Thomas, Nfl, Sports, Death Penalty, Entertainment News
Dave Zirin

We the undersigned Jocks 4 Justice call upon the Governor, the Supreme Court, or any controlling authority, to stay Troy Davis' execution.

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