[Ppnews] Support Troy Davis - Stop the Execution
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Mon Sep 19 10:19:57 EDT 2011
This is the fourth time the state of Georgia has
set a date to murder Troy Davis. The power of the
people saved him the first three times. We can do
it again. And this time, we can convince the
Board of Pardons and Parole to grant him
clemency, FREE TROY DAVIS and return him to the
loving arms of his family! Read new statements by two of Troy's sisters below.
Go to
<http://sfbayview.com/2011/troy-davis%E2%80%99-sister-kim-my-brother-got-me-out-of-my-wheelchair-please-help-me-save-his-life/>http://sfbayview.com/2011/troy-davis%E2%80%99-sister-kim-my-brother-got-me-out-of-my-wheelchair-please-help-me-save-his-life/
to see photos of Troy's family and three very
important videos. Use the links below or online
to help stop the execution, set for Wednesday, Sept. 21.
<http://sfbayview.com/2011/troy-davis%e2%80%99-sister-kim-my-brother-got-me-out-of-my-wheelchair-please-help-me-save-his-life/>Troy
Davis sister Kim: My brother got me out of my
wheelchair; please help me save his life
September 18, 2011
Call the Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole at
(404) 656-5651 and look below for More ways you
can help stop the execution of Troy Davis, now set for Wednesday, Sept. 21
by Kimberly Davis
I have a lifetimes worth of reasons for wanting to save my brother Troy.
When I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at
age 14, Troy left high school, signed up for
night classes and started working so that he
could take me to physical therapy and help my mother out financially.
It was my brothers help and reassurance through
my long struggle that led me to get out of my wheelchair. He is my hero.
But as you know, the state of Georgia has set an
execution date for Troy on Sept. 21, based on
supposed evidence against him that does not exist.
But we believe that with Gods help, we will prevail.
Will you help us to continue to fight to save his
life? I need you to reach out to the Georgia
Board of Pardons and Parole one last time. Watch
this video message I recorded for the NAACP, and
follow the instructions to send your letter: [See
this new video at <http://www.sfbayview.com>www.sfbayview.com.]
Last Thursday, Troy called to tell me he had just
heard about the 660,000 petitions delivered to
the Board of Pardons and Parole in his name. He
was deeply moved. He told me he knew that had
supporters around the world, but that he had no
idea that the support was that widespread.
My family is so very appreciative of the support
from NAACPers like you, but the fight is not over. We cannot let up now.
Twenty years ago, Troys conviction was based
entirely on circumstantial evidence and witness
testimony. In the past two decades, seven of the
nine witnesses in his case have recanted their
testimony or changed their stories.
There was never a shred of physical evidence or
DNA connecting Troy to the crime. No murder
weapon has ever been found. In fact, one of the
jurors recently stated that if she knew then what
she knows now about the case, she would never have sentenced Troy to death.
I know that my love for my brother is not reason
enough to take him off death row. It is not
reason enough to stay his execution order.
But there is simply no evidence to suggest that
Troy committed the crime. Thats why I am asking
for help from NAACP members. You have come
through for us before, and we need your help now more than ever.
This Monday, Sept. 19, the Georgia Board of
Pardons and Paroles will meet to decide Troys fate. It is Troys last chance.
Please watch my video message to the NAACP, then
tell the board to stay Troys execution order and
grant him clemency, because there is simply too much doubt.
Hundreds of thousands of people have already
spoken out in the name of justice for Troy. On
behalf of my family, Im asking you to please add
your voice today, and help us save my brothers life.
The NAACP, which issued this statement, and its
national president, Ben Jealous, has been a
leader in the campaign to stop the execution of
Troy Davis, scheduled for this Wednesday, Sept.
21. Learn more at <http://www.naacp.org>www.naacp.org.
The execution of Troy Davis: A mothers story
by Martina Davis Correia as told to Jen Marlowe and Monifa Bandele
My son was six weeks old when I first brought him
to meet his uncle, Troy Davis. You would have
thought I gave Troy a gold bar. He was scared to
hold my tiny baby. I literally had to just put
DeJaun in his arms and walk away. And he was
like, But hes so little. Come get him, get him,
get him. I said, No, you get him. You hold
him. It was such a magical moment, because it
was like I was giving my brother this gift.
As a young child, DeJaun didnt understand that
my brother, his uncle was incarcerated, much less
slated for death. When the family was getting
ready to leave after a visit, hed say, Come on,
Troy, lets go, lets go! But he couldnt go
with us, and my mom would say, Hes in school.
He cant come. One day, hell come home with us.
As DeJaun grew older, I explained to him that
his uncle was in prison. But I had not yet told
him that Georgia planned to kill him. He confided
in his uncle more than anyone else. When DeJaun
was 12 years old, it became clear to me that my
son understood far more than I had realized.
Our dog, Egypt, had gotten out of the yard and
had been hit by a car. We immediately brought
Egypt to a vet who told us that the dogs leg was
broken in three places and would need extensive
surgery to be repaired. If Egypt did not have the
surgery, she would have to be put to sleep. The
cost of the surgery was upwards of $10,000.
As I drove DeJaun home, I wondered how in the
world I would come up with $10,000. Putting Egypt
down might be the only realistic possibility.
In the silence of the ride, DeJaun turned to me
and said, Mom, are you going put my dog to sleep
like theyre trying to put my Uncle Troy to sleep?
I had to swallow this giant lump in my throat to
hold back the tears. I didnt know that he
related the two things. That he knew they were
trying to kill his Uncle Troy. And he knew about
which method that they would use to kill him. At
that point, I decided that if I had to pawn my
car, I wasnt going to be able to put our dog to sleep.
In addition to dealing with his uncle facing
execution, carrying a full load of advanced
placement classes in his high-schools
International Baccalaureate program, my son lives
with the stress of me being critically ill. I
have been battling stage-four breast cancer since
DeJaun was 6 years old. My original diagnosis
was six months or less. That was over 10 years ago.
My brother, Troy Davis, is on death row for the
1989 tragic murder of Savannah police officer
Mark MacPhail. On Aug. 19, MacPhail was gunned
down while rushing to the rescue of a homeless
man being pistol-whipped in the parking lot of a
Greyhound bus station. The day after the murder,
a man named Sylvester Red Coles told the police
that Troy was the shooter. Troy, then 19 years
old, was arrested and eventually convicted in
1991, primarily on the basis of eyewitness testimony.
There is no physical evidence linking Troy to the
crime. The murder weapon was never recovered. Yet
he was sentenced to death. He has been on death
row for 20 years, despite the fact that the case
against him has completely unraveled. In fact,
seven of the nine non-police witnesses later
recanted or changed their testimonies, many
stating that police coercion and intimidation led
to their initial implication of my brother.
Several new witnesses have come forward and
implicated Sylvester Coles as the shooter.
This is Troys fourth time facing execution.
DeJaun remembers the first execution date
vividly. It was July 17, 2007. He was 13 years
old. We went to go see Troy, and Troy wasnt
really worrying about himself. He was mostly
worried about his family about us. I was
looking at my mother. She was praying, praying,
praying. It was a lot of people constantly praying, constantly praying.
Troy gave each family member a duty. What did he
task his young nephew? He told him, Just
continue to do good in school, do whats right,
pick the right friends, watch over the family,
and just respect the family. Respect your mom,
your grandmother, and your aunties. Do what you
love and have a good profession. The execution
was stayed within 24 hours of being carried out.
The next year, Troy came within 90 minutes of being executed.
My son is wise beyond his years. Hell say, My
uncle is not the only one going through this type
of pain
a lot of people really want someone to
hear their case but they dont have the power and
resources. He knows that over 130 death row
inmates have been exonerated, found innocent
since 1973, demonstrating just how many innocent
people are convicted and sentenced to death.
On March 28, 2011, the Supreme Court denied
Troys final appeal, clearing the way for the
state of Georgia to set a fourth execution date.
Two weeks later, our mother passed away from
natural causes. DeJaun was the one who found
her. She had just received a clean bill of health
from her doctor the day before her death. I dont
think she could take another execution date. I
believe she died of a broken heart.
Over the years support has grown. Amnesty
International, NAACP, the ACLU,
ColorOfChange.org, Bishop Desmond Tutu, President
Jimmy Carter and many more have stood up for Troy.
There is #toomuchdoubt in my brothers case:
Theres no physical evidence; seven out of nine
witnesses have recanted or changed their
testimony; theres evidence that suggests there
may be another shooter. Click
<http://www.naacp.org/pages/troy-davis-a-case-for-clemency>here
for more details.
But still, last week, the state of Georgia
decided to issue an execution date Sept. 21.
We are turning up the truth, staying hopeful and
vigilantly praying that Troys life wont be ended on Sept. 21.
Last week, the state of Georgia decided to issue
an execution date Sept. 21. We are turning up
the truth, staying hopeful and vigilantly praying
that Troys life wont be ended on Sept. 21.
Our supporters have launched a number of
campaigns directing people to the many ways they
can support Troy. Please join them for Troy, for me and for my son.
This story first appeared on
<http://www.momsrising.org/blog/the-execution-of-troy-davis-a-mother%e2%80%99s-story/#ixzz1YKbdno5j>MomsRising.org,
where moms and people who love them go to change our world.
More ways you can help stop the execution of Troy Davis
Bombard the Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole
and Gov. Deal with calls, faxes and emails TODAY
Tell them: Stop the execution of Troy Davis! Grant him clemency!
* Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole: phone
(404) 656-5651, fax (404) 651-8502
* Gov. Nathan Deal: phone (404) 651-1776, fax
(404) 657-7332, email
<mailto:georgia.governor at gov.state.ga.us>georgia.governor at gov.state.ga.us,
or use the web contact form at
<http://gov.state.ga.us/contact.shtml>http://gov.state.ga.us/contact.shtml
Sign all the petitions
* Sign the
<http://action.naacp.org/campaign/davis?utm_medium=email&utm_source=NAACP&utm_campaign=20110906DavisExecutionOrder&utm_content=NameWall&subsource=20110906DavisExecutionOrder>NAACP
petition
* Sign the
<http://action.naacp.org/page/m/474a3643/79940986/7fd2ece5/2f614606/3673505963/VEsE/>NEW
NAACP petition to District Attorney Larry
Chisolm, asking him to withdraw his death warrant against Troy Davis
* Sign the
<http://act.colorofchange.org/go/966?akid=2226.699.Zi_8xp&t=3>Color
of Change petition, also to DA Larry Chisolm
* Sign the
<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=khKPI1ODLgISKaJ&s=hkLYIcPRKkLXIdOUIsE&m=boILKWOsF4JFK1I>Amnesty
International petition
* Sign the
<http://www.iacenter.org/troydavis/>International Action Center petition
* Sign the
<http://www.change.org/petitions/chairman-state-of-georgia-board-of-pardons-and-paroles-grant-clemency-to-my-brother-troy-davis?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&alert_id=gEPEnLdCOc_POTJRMMXkY>Change.org
petition
* Sign the
<https://secure.aclu.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3621&autologin=true&s_subsrc=110913_troy_davis_noshare&emsrc=Nat_Appeal_AutologinEnabled&emtype=advocacy&emissue=capital_punishment&JServSessionIdr004=dvosodbug2.app223a>ACLU
petition
* Sign the
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2518/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8227&tag=email>Faithful
America petition
The
<http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/campaigns/abolish-the-death-penalty/death-penalty-campaign-resources/supporters-of-clemency-for-troy-davis?msource=W1109EADP03&tr=y&auid=9476816>growing
range of scholars, world leaders and prominent
figures who are also demanding justice
including former President Jimmy Carter,
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, John Legend, R.E.M.,
Russell Simmons, Mia Farrow, Indigo Girls, a
former governor of Texas and a former member of
Congress from Georgia is simply awe-inspiring.
The outpouring of support youve shown for Troy
Davis so far has been phenomenal more than
660,000 of you have signed the petition for
clemency and nearly 500 events have popped up in
small towns and big cities alike all over the
United States. Supporters from the U.K., France,
Denmark, Brazil, Hong Kong, Australia and other
countries have also joined in to lend their voices.
Find more ways to help stop the execution of Troy
Davis and learn more about his case
* <http://troyanthonydavis.org/>Troy Anthony Davis, his familys website
*
<http://www.naacp.org/blog/entry/toomuchdoubt-a-campaign-to-save-troy-davis-life>NAACP
Too Much Doubt Campaign
*
<http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/cases/usa-troy-davis?id=1701026>Amnesty
International Too Much Doubt Campaign
*
<http://www.iactucson.org/2011/09/08/stop-the-execution-of-troy-davis/>International
Action Center Stop the Execution Campaign
*
<http://troydaviseducation.wordpress.com/>Educators
for Troy Teach Troy Davis Emergency Curriculum for Educators
* <http://www.gfadp.org/>Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
*
<http://www.ncadp.org/#Troy_Front_Page>National
Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
* <http://www.nodeathpenalty.org/>Campaign to End the Death Penalty
Write to Troy
Send our brother Troy some love and light. Troy
Anthony Davis, 41, has been on death row in
Georgia for more than 19 years: Troy A. Davis,
657378, GDCP G-3-79, P.O. Box 3877, Jackson GA 30233.
Freedom Archives
522 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
415 863-9977
www.Freedomarchives.org
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