On Tuesday (September 20), the Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole announced that it had, for a second time, denied clemency for Troy Davis, who is scheduled to be executed Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Jackson, Georgia.
As we mentioned in our previous post, Davis has maintained his innocence in the 1991 murder of officer Mark MacPhail, and seven of the nine witnesses have recanted their previous testimonies. In addition, numerous individuals, including international figures such as Pope Benedict XVI, Bishop Desmond Tutu and former President Jimmy Carter, have pursued exoneration for Davis.
But millions of petitions were not enough for the parole board who issued a statement Tuesday announcing it had “met on Monday to consider a clemency request from attorneys representing condemned inmate Troy Anthony Davis. After considering the request, the Board has voted to deny clemency.“
Amnesty International issued a statement following the Board’s:
It is unconscionable that the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles has denied relief to Troy Davis. Allowing a man to be sent to death under an enormous cloud of doubt about his guilt is an outrageous affront to justice. Should Troy Davis be executed, Georgia may well have executed an innocent man and in doing so discredited the justice system.
With only hours possibly remaining, the organization is CALLING ON EVERYONE TO TAKE ACTION NOW & stop the September 21 execution by contacting the Board and district attorney.
So an innocent man is about to be executed and has been denied every other way he could think of? This is definitely bullshit.
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This is so tragic!!! i don’t even want to spew anger right now because i don’t want to go into a rant but its so unfair how the system can put away black men that are innocent and make it damn near impossible to get them out! Does anyone have information on how we can contact the District attorney, it might now do much but at least i would’ve tried.. smh
we linked it in the post but here is the link again: http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx?c=6oJCLQPAJiJUG&b=6645049&aid=516533
Thank you so much Angel! I’m on it
Please do your research before you jump on any bandwagon folks. He shot a man in the face and pistol whipped a homeless man–I don’t know whether he killed that police officer or not, but he was ABSOLUTELY a violent person…Just make sure you’ve read up on the topic for yourself before signing anything people put in front of you.
Yes, PLEASE READ AND DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH. These, TOO are allegations. He plead innocent to ALL charges.
http://multimedia.savannahnow.com/media/DavisMcPhail/1991/08231991openingstatement1.pdf
Even if he is guilty, humans do not have the right to take life, and killing never resurrects. I pray for all involved and await the time when true justice prevails.
Whether he did it or not he is NOT asking to be free. He is asking to serve life in prison. I do not feel NO MAN has the right to take another’s life! GOD has that power.
Thank you Brookie56!! Guilty or innocent the death penalty is WRONG! And if others have done their reason there is not enough substantial proof for him to be even found guilty.
supporting the death penalty is another topic altogether…one I’m not touching with a 10 foot pole in this medium but he WAS convicted of shooting someone in the face at a public pool party and pistol whipping a man who is homeless. he is a violent man. period. I mean come on! he shot a guy in the face. where they do that at?
If you don’t want to touch the death penalty topic w/ a 10 ft pole then you shouldn’t have commented on this case b/c that’s precisely what this is about. Yes, he was convicted, but he has always maintained his innocence. Where do they convict and execute innocent people for crimes they didn’t commit? In GEORGIA. And at present, just hours before he is to be excuted there is more than reasonable doubt of his guilt. Georgia law states that there can be “no doubt” of guilt prior to an execution. Again, PLEASE READ. Even a bit of wikipedia reading will show you that the man he allegedly shot in the face says that Troy Davis was not the shooter. Let’s say he is 100% guilty. What satisfaction does someone’s death bring you? How will this comfort the officer’s family? It won’t. I pray for humanity.
@ Cherayla, whether he was convicted or NOT that still does not make him guilty. Do you know how many people have been set free due to DNA testing clearing them. I’m just saying being convicted doesn’t mean your guilty of the crime that people say you are. Again whether he did it or not it is not for us to judge. Comment yes, judge NO. In the end God will have the final say NOT MAN. I read the story and it is very sad BUT he has 7 out of 9 witnesses recanting their stories for whatever reason. NO DNA proof! Violent person, crazy person, guilty person…he is not asking to be free but to spend his God giving life in prison…..I do not think that is asking much. He has been in prison for all of these years. I watch Lock Up and I know his life has NOT been easy ESPECIALLY if he is in deed innocent…….if he is guilty THEN let him continue to live in hell/prison but don’t take his life with the odds high in favor.
man this sucks…justice for all..yeah right! prayers to the to mr. davis and his family for their strength in these last hours…
This is sad, I sure hate to hear this about Troy Davis. His story reminds me of the book The Confession by John Grisham where they executed an innocent man and it showed how the state of Texas lied to get a suspect locked up and convicted.
I will say Troy Davis deserves a fair chance. I’m just not sure if he should be giving freedom. But on the otherhand, we must not jump to conclusions regarding ” the white man keeping the black man down” and the judicial system. Please do your research and fact finding.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/15/duane-buck-attorneys-plead-supreme-court_n_965272.html…now this guy deserves death.
how if there is no evidence to connect him. besides who are we to play GOD. I DON’T AGREE WITH THE DEATH PENALTY. but that’s besides the point. do we no for sure if he is innocent,no but in a country where a white woman can get off for killing her child with no evidence they can do the same for him or at least look into it.
He is asking for a life sentence. Therefore, he knows he did wrong, he admit to his criminal behavior but not to killing anyone. Did you forget the part about him beating the homeless guy with a pistol and shoting not killing someone else.
okay he has a past that does not tie him to this trial and where’s the evidence? thats all im saying. i cant say hes innocent, idk. but lets stand by innocent until PROVEN guilty
Jasmine, when you debate someone you must go and search for your facts to discredit what I am saying. With that said, please go and reserach the night of the crime. An innocent off duty officer was murdered, a homeless black man was pistol whipped, someone was shot in the face. Also, he was with some friends who lied on him and said he killed the officer. I wonder why he won’t speak on those friends who lied on him and why those friends have not come forward to identify Davis as the suspect.
btw, I am not for Davis to be excueted. I am for a long term sentence.
man this is one thing that makes me ashamed to be from savannah georgia.
I have the link on my facebook page. I hope he is allowed to live. Who are we to judge, and take another person’s life? Sin is sin. There is no such thing as a big or little sin. Come on people, ya’ll KNOW our judicial system sucks! FREE BUJU!!!!
At this point I really don’t care if he did it or didn’t do it. I just feel no one has the right to take another persons life. An eye for an eye??? In the end all we are left with are two dead bodies and two hurt families.
I just faxed a signed letter to the GA Pardons Board stating that I oppose! Call, fax, and then call again!
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If there’s this much doubt, they should not execute him. The eyewitness accounts are questionable and have been recanted, the “DNA” evidence was thrown out since the alleged blood on the item was never proven to be blood. Also the item was illegally obtained. Co-erced confessions are real, it is easier for a scared witness to just say what the police want to hear considering the amount of power they have. This is especially true if you are young, if you have a criminal record yourself or are involved in criminal activities that you don’t want police to know about. Sometimes innocent suspects even confess to crimes they didn’t commit or give self-incriminating statements. They may comply with police, voluntarily confess or actually come to believe they committed the crime.
Also, if there is already a case against a primary suspect, it is convenient for law enforcement if they can twist words/evidence in order to support the case instead of opening a new one and starting over when statements/evidence don’t line up. Hence the co-erced confessions, bullying of witnesses, ignoring the lack of CONCLUSIVE evidence, ignoring the likely suspect, etc. Too expensive, too time consuming, they’d rather just kill this guy than start over from square one. There’s just way too much doubt surrounding the witness accounts, which make up a substantial part of the case.
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What a world we live in..but what can you do! If this man is innocent, this will be terrible look for the justice system in Georgia. Even if he is not innocent, let him sit in prison. Killing him is not justice and will not ease the pain of the cop’s family members nor bring the cop back. human need to stop trying to play God because in the end he has the last say!
I agree. We try to play God too much and in the end all of us are going to suffer for it. That’s why the world is so messed up now everyone wants to be the man in control. There is only one God.
This is very sad & heart breaking.
FML