Troy Davis execution – Thousands protest around the world

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Thousands of people joined rallies in Atlanta and around the world on Friday night to oppose the execution of the Georgia death row inmate, Troy Davis. Davis, 41, has been on death row since the last two decades for allegedly murdering a policeman.

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He is scheduled to get the lethal injection on Wednesday, but as his execution date nears, hundreds of protest rallies are being held worldwide in order to stop the judicial killing.

Davis’ execution is planned for September 21, more than two decades after someone pointed him out, following a 1989 shooting death of a police officer in Savannah, Ga., stating he did it.

There were more than 2000 coordinated rallies from downtown Atlanta to Ebenezer Baptist Church on Auburn Avenue on Friday showing support for Davis.

Martin Luther King III, son of the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., also joined the march, Reuters reported.

For years the case has been attracting much attention. Many notables like former president Jimmy Carter, Pope Benedict XVI and Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu have urged authorities to spare Davis’ life.

Laura Moye, the Death Penalty Abolition campaign director for Amnesty International USA, said that rallies for Davis were first started in Hong Kong. Those rallies went on throughout the day in the United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia. There were 10 events in France on behalf of Davis, Moye also told the AFP.

Davis was 19 years old when he was arrested for killing officer Mark MacPhail in 1989.

People are protesting because no murder weapon was found and there was no DNA evidence; he was arrested due to questionable witness statement and now they want a new trial for that case.

People supporting Davis say he is innocent. They noted that 10 questionable witnesses in the case have signed affidavits withdrawing their statement saying that police forced them into accusing the 41 year old.

THE INNOCENCE OF TROY DAVIS

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Fay
12 years ago

I don’t think you people truly understand the amount of racism that has penetrated the justice system. This isn’t a rare case black men are wrongly convicted all the TIME because of the very fact they are black which their “peers” have been socialized to believe are natural criminals. Read the New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander all the information is there and no one can refute it…but try and turn a blind eye because like Davis said ” ’till I die…I will fight”

Barry West
12 years ago

I’m with Mike on this one because I get sick and tired of blacks whining all the time. There are more of them in prison and on death row because they commit more crime that’s all. Nothing to do with their color.

Admin
12 years ago

I don’t think he’s innocent. DNA evidence gathering was hardly sophisticated in 1989 and its absence doesn’t negate his guilt. As to eye witnesses of course memories fail over time. It’s been over 20 years!! Again time doesn’t temper guilt.

In point of fact this is only a big deal because Davis is black. If he were white no one would know his name and he would be marched off to the death chamber without a whisper from the public.

It’s important to remember Davis was found guilty by a jury of his peers. He was accused of killing a cop and shouldn’t get a pass because he’s black. He needs to pay the price, not the death penalty necessarily, because I don’t think that is sufficient punishment for capital crimes.

He needs to be incarcerated in an 8×10 cell until he dies of natural causes. So, that being said, I think he should get a stay until the decision can be made as to how he is going to be punished for murdering a police officer who was just doing his job.

Bradley Scott
Reply to  Professor Mike
12 years ago

Mis-remembered testiomony is one thing. Recanted testimony is quite another.
Juries of peers have found more than a few of the innocent guilty, and cannot be relied on as the final word when their opinion doesn’t align with facts.
And with all due respect to you, Mike, and lazer, and all current and former members of the law enforcement community, crimes against ‘one of your own’ are often investigated and closed with more…vigor, than what is conducive to justice, as opposed to resolution.
And if either you or Barry are suggesting that race plays no part in the administration of law and justice in America, well, I’m afraid you’ve allowed your own opinions to supercede realities based on historictal and mathematical fact.

Cherry
12 years ago

Am I glad I don’t live in your country. Thank goodness we don’t have the death penalty in England especially after reading about this case.

Peggy Roche
12 years ago

Innocent!

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