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About to be killed by the state of Georgia

By "Persian Cowboy"

Indie rock group State Radio has joined forces with Amnesty International to produce a short, hard-hitting animated Web video about the plight of death row inmate Troy Davis. Davis has been on death row for 18 years and has received three stays of execution, twice coming within 24 hours of his death, despite a strong claim of innocence that has never been heard in a court of law. The case has captured the attention of people nationwide. The genesis of the Web video came when lead singer Chad Stokes, an Amnesty International member, wrote a song about Davis called ?State of Georgia.? According to the band, Troy Davis? case is one example of a major malfunction within the justice system in this country. We believe that every person deserves the right to a fair trial, and because of scenarios like this, we believe the death penalty should be abolished nationwide...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on February 04, 2009 (boomark / email).