VOICES: The railroading of Troy Davis

http://www.southernstudies.org/2011/05/voices-the-railroading-of-troy-davis.html

Laura Moye is director of the Amnesty International USA Death Penalty Abolition Campaign. In this interview, Moye talks about 42-year-old Troy Davis, an African American who has been on death row in Georgia for over 19 years -- having already faced three execution dates. The continued railroading of Davis has sparked outrage around the world, and public pressure during the last few years of Davis' appeals has been essential to his survival today.


However, on March 28, 2011, the US Supreme Court rejected his appeal against a federal district court's ruling that Davis did not prove his innocence in an evidentiary hearing held last year. This week Amnesty International released an email action alert, emphasizing that now, more than a month after the Supreme Court ruling, Davis' execution date can literally be scheduled any day. The situation is dire, and public support is currently needed now more than ever before.

To take action and learn more, visit Amnesty International's page focusing on Troy Davis, as well as the Color of Change petition, www.justicefortroy.org and www.troyanthonydavis.org.

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More at the link --

The legal standard for conviction and execution in the United States is now "close enough." Heck, one man's finding is sufficient for carrying out such a sentence.