Sunday saw the burial of Troy Davis, the man who millions believed was falsely convicted of murder and who was then, in turn, killed by the State of Georgia despite a massive groundswell of support, including from some of the finest political and legal minds in America and around the world. Today sees the freeing [...]
Posts Tagged ‘death penalty’
One dies, one walks free – reflections on Troy Davis versus Amanda Knox
Posted: October 4, 2011 in Political musings, Popular Culture et alTags: Amanda Knox, appeals process, death penalty, Foxy Knoxy, Georgia, Italy, Mark MacPhail, Meredith Kercher, racial discrimination, Raffaele Sollecito, Troy Davis
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They said it wouldn’t end when they murdered Troy Davis, and it hasn’t.
Posted: September 25, 2011 in Political musingsTags: death penalty, death penalty errors, demonstration, police rough up protestors, Troy Davis, Wall Street
Where will it end? Will the outrage simply peter out over time? Or are we seeing the beginning of a mass movement to end the death penalty in America once more? I would very much appreciate your opinions. http://newamericamedia.org/2011/09/troy-davis-protesters-occupy-wall-street.php How sad to see the police in NY reacting with typical brutishness. Has anything changed since [...]
Details emerge of the legal nonsense that allowed the judicial murder of Troy Davis
Posted: September 23, 2011 in Political musings, Popular Culture et alTags: Arnold & Porter, China, death penalty, death penalty errors, Emily Hauser, Emily Hauser blog, Emily Hauser In My Head, framing suspects, Georgia Parole and Pardons Board, Iran, Jennifer Dysart, Troy Davis
In the bleak hours since Troy Davis was killed for a crime he did not commit, more facts continue to emerge about the farcical state of the legal processes that condemned him to death. Apart from the fact that courts repeatedly refused to allow new evidence to be submitted on Davis’s behalf – in other [...]
The facts surrounding the planned killing of Troy Davis by the State of Georgia next Wednesday
Posted: September 16, 2011 in Political musings, Popular Culture et alTags: American legal system, death penalty, legalised murder, Mark McPhail, miscarriage of justice, NAACP, State of Georgia, Sylvester Coles, Troy Davis, urgent appeal
Many people have asked me for the full details of why Troy Davis should not be executed next week. Rather than express a purely personal view, I think it would be more helpful if people could read the full story from an independent source, in this case the NAACP, who yesterday delivered more than 660,000 [...]
1 week to save an innocent man’s life
Posted: September 14, 2011 in Political musingsTags: Amnesty International, appeals process, Atlantic Monthly, death penalty, Georgia, Georgia to execute innocent man, Troy Davis
Troy Davis is almost certainly innocent on the crime for which he is about to be executed. At the very least, his sentence should be commuted while new evidence is properly examined, because the laws of his state, Georgia, insist that no execution can proceed when there is doubt about the conviction. Read this fine [...]
Georgia about to execute a man who is very likely innocent
Posted: September 9, 2011 in Political musingsTags: appeals, death penalty, Georgia, Georgia about to execute innocent man, impending execution, Troy Davis
At the very least, the doubts about his conviction should make imposing the death penalty – planned for just a few short days from now – unthinkable. (By its own rules, Georgia is obliged to set aside the death penalty where reasonable doubt exists.) Please take action. As a first step, read Emily Hauser’s blog. [...]
