Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Global Day of Action for Troy Davis.
Troy Davis faces execution for the 1989 murder of Police Officer Mark MacPhail in the state of Georgia despite strong evidence to the contrary. Despite no murder weapon being reclaimed, no physical evidence linking Troy Davis to the crime, seven of the nine non-police officers recanting/contradicting their story, and the fact that other witnesses identified the shooter as Slyvester "Redd" Coles also the first person to implicate Davis his life remains in the balance.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former FBI Director William Sessions, Pope Benedict XVI, and Amnesty International just to name a few have all asked that Troy Davis' life be spared death by lethal injection and a new trial be set. To this day Davis has continued to be denied clemency by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles. Throughout all of this, however, Georgia Governor Perdue still has the right to offer a commutal of Davis' death sentence.
Remember the victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans (1,836 deaths), Sean Bell (23 yrs old) father of one and soon to be newly wed husband shot down in cold blood on the eve of his wedding by the NYPD, Oscar Grant (22 yrs old) father of a 4 year old daughter shot down in San Fransico, CA, and the countless others whom we personally know, family members, friends, and those whose situations that we haven't even heard of.
What we can do to help Troy Davis. Click on the link below and do the following:
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=2590179&template=x.ascx&action=12168
- Participate in the Global Day of Action for Troy Davis
- Help us create a massive Petition for Justice!
- WATCH the video demanding justice for Troy Davis
- SEND the message below to ask Georgia's Governor to support clemency for Troy Davis
- FORWARD the video to a friend
"I was taught when there is something around you to change keep quiet you have nothing to complain about you have work to do. I'm a working person because I put in work and work with a purpose." -Mos Def
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