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Fight to save Troy Davis grows

Author: Joe Sims People's Weekly World Newspaper, 07/03/09 16:12 The NAACP has initiated an ?I am Troy Campaign? as part of worldwide effort to prevent the execution of Troy Davis, a 40-year-old man on death row in Georgia. Davis, who is African American, was convicted 20 years ago for the death of a white off-duty police officer, Mark MacPhail. Davis, a former coach, is viewed to be innocent by a broad coalition of including former President Jimmy Carter, the Vatican, Amnesty International, former FBI head William Sessions and conservative Bob Barr. Seven of nine witnesses in the case have recanted their testimony. The Davis case has been twice appealed to the Supreme Court, which recently delayed deciding whether it will take it up until its fall session in September...continue to full post

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