Posted by Dave on 07/10/07 at 09:32:02 am
Categories: Capital Punishment

Daily Kos has a diary looking at Troy Davis, a man who is scheduled to be killed on July 17th. I have previously written about Davis here and here.

Troy Davis is supposed to be killed next week. And I am not okay with that. Are you?

You can still take action:

Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible, in your own words:

* explaining that you are not seeking to condone the murder of Officer Mark Allen McPhail, or to downplay the seriousness of the crime or the suffering caused;

* noting that many of the witnesses who testimony was used against Troy Davis at his trial have since recanted their trial testimony, and that there is new evidence against an alternative suspect in the case;

* noting the large number of wrongful convictions in capital cases in the USA since 1976, and noting that unreliability of witness testimony has been a contributing factor in many of these cases;

* noting that the power of clemency in capital cases exists as a failsafe against irreversible error that the courts have been unable or unwilling to remedy;

* calling on the Board to commute the death sentence of Troy Davis.

APPEALS TO:

State Board of Pardons and Paroles 2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, SE, Suite 458 Balcony Level, East Tower Atlanta, Georgia 30334-4909 Fax: 1 404 651 8502 Email:

webmaster@pap.state.ga.us

Salutation: Dear Board members

PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY

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