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Indymedia Ireland is a volunteer-run non-commercial open publishing website for local and international news, opinion & analysis, press releases and events. Its main objective is to enable the public to participate in reporting and analysis of the news and other important events and aspects of our daily lives and thereby give a voice to people.

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Execution of Troy Davis, 17th July

category international | crime and justice | news report author Tuesday July 10, 2007 20:52author by A Gardnerauthor address Galway Report this post to the editors

US State of Georgia to Execute Troy Anthony Davis despite lack of evidence and shambolic judicial treatment

Despite support from Amnesty International and other human rights groups, Anthony Troy Davis,38 is due to be executed within the week by the state of Georgia for the murder in 1991 of Officer Mark Allen McPhail.
Troy Anthony Davis
Troy Anthony Davis

During his 17 years in prison Troy Davis has claimed to be innocent of the murder of police officer Mark McPhail, who was shot and fataly wounded in a Burger King car park on the 28th August, 1991 in Savanah, Georgia. No physical evidence has linked Davis to the crime who was convicted on the testemony of 9 eye witnesses. 6 of these witnessesn have since recanted their testemony. One witness claimed he never read his statement as he couldn't read and many claim to have been coersed by police. One of the witnesses has been identified as a possible suspect.
Even for those who supprt capital punishment cases such as these must be a cause for concern as there is obviously the possibility innocence.
More information on this case and sample protest letters for email can be found at:-

www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/ncadp/content.jsp?content_KEY=2777
www.troyanthonydavis.org
www.amnestyusa.org/Death_Penalty/Troy_Davis_Finality_Over_Fairness/page.do?id=1011343&n1=3&n2=28&n3=1412

author by apublication date Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:45author address author phone Report this post to the editors

If you would like to write an email or letter to appeal to commute this death sentence they can be sent to

State Board of Pardons and Paroles
2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, SE,
Suite 458, Balcony Level, East Tower,
Atlanta,
Georgia 30334-4909,
USA
Fax: 00 1 404 651 8502

Email: Webmaster@pap.state.ga.us

author by Winston Smithpublication date Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:07author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Sample Email /Letter

State Board of Pardons and Paroles
2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, SE
Suite 458, Balcony Level, East Tower
Atlanta, GA 30334-4909
USA
email: webmaster@pap.state.ga.us

Dear Board Members:

I write to you today with the utmost urgency. Troy Anthony Davis' execution
date is just one week away and I respectfully request that you commute
Troy's death sentence immediately.

The death penalty is an irreversible action with victims far beyond the
individual in question. By no means should the murder of Officer Mark Allen
McPhail be ignored or condoned. Officer McPhail's family, friends and
community have lost their loved one, friend and colleague and justice must
be sought.

However, recent developments including new evidence indicating a possible
alternative suspect in the case means that significant doubt has been cast
on the conviction of Troy Anthony Davis. Supporting this doubt are the many
witnesses who have recanted their trial testimony.

There has been a large number of wrongful convictions in capital cases in
the United States since 1976, the unreliability of witness testimony being a
contributing factor in many of them. Please do not add Troy Anthony Davis
to this list. Once done, the death penalty cannot be reversed.

Your power to commute Troy's sentence and your power of clemency exist as a
failsafe against irreversible error. I ask you today to exert that power
and commute Troy's sentence. At the very least this will ensure that
further investigation into the alternative suspect can be carried out. At
the most it will ensure that a possibly innocent man will not lose his life.

Sincerely,
(your name)

author by mbpublication date Tue Jul 17, 2007 14:09author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Troy was granted a 90 day stay of execution by the Georgia Parole board on Monday. see
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/jul2007/troy-j17.shtml

author by Michael D. Beblar - Johnstown Policepublication date Sun Aug 05, 2007 18:06author email motormike63 at hotmail dot comauthor address author phone Report this post to the editors

My son and I both work as police officer's. If we keep letting these type of cop killers go free,police officers throughout the country might as well turn in there badges and let the criminals run rampent. Incidents like this are more common now,more than ever.Everybody that commits a henious act claims to have rights. What about the rights of the innocent.The familes who are affected.I run into alot of criminals, and they all cry, "It's all about me". One drug dealer made the comment, "The money is worth the time".
Officer Mike Beblar

author by Starkadderpublication date Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:10author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Even if Mr. Davies is guilty, I certainly don't believe he should be executed. And given the doubts about his
guilt, his certainly deserves at least a stay of execution.
Interesting that the American conservatives who whinge about "big government" have no problem giving
federal and state governments the power of life and death over its citizens.

author by Gerripublication date Mon Aug 06, 2007 13:11author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Michael - have you not actually read the original story? Surely you have grasped that there are valid concerns about the way this particular case was investigated and prosecuted. And surely as a police officer you can appreciate the reasons why these concerns are valid. Whether or not you are a supporter of capital punishment for those that murder police officers it is in everyone's best interests that miscarriages of justice are avoided. If this guy did not in fact commit the murder he has been found guilty of, then there is a real killer on the loose who could possibly do it again. Also, the evidence seems to state that capital punishment is not a deterent against murder. Your own country's statistics are proof enough of this.

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