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Innocence Matters-----March to Save Troy Davis!

Innocence Matters-----March to Save Troy Davis!Troy Davis was sent to death row in 1991 for the shooting of a whitepolice officer in Savannah, Georgia, but serious questions about his guilthave surfaced. He came within 23 hours of execution in July, 2007, and anew date is likely to be set soon.7of 9 Eyewitnesses Recanted (Say their testimony was coerced by Police)No Physical Evidence/ No WeaponEvidence Never Heard By Jury (Anti-terrorism & Effective Death PenaltyAct 1996)New Witnesses have Implicated other SuspectGa. Supreme Court Ruled 4 to 3 that Recanted Testimony is not as strongas Original Trial Testimony.Please join Amnesty International along with various celebrities,musicians, civil and political leaders, and other concerned citizens tosupport Troy and demand that the Georgia Board of Pardons and Parolesprevent the execution of a man with a strong innocence case!(source: Amnesty International)continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on July 15, 2008 (boomark / email).