Let us begin by stating this is not unfamiliar territory. It fucking disgusting. Today May 19 2009 is a Global Day of Action on behalf of Death Row inmate Troy Davis. He has been on Death Row in Georgia (no seriously Georgia) for over 17 years. If this sounds a lot like Mumia it has its parallels in that the refusal to look at evidence is MIND BLOWING.
Amazingly and to be quite honest with all of you, I am just hearing about this brothers plight in the last two months...how many more men are sitting on Death Row in the United States that should be retried? In Illinois January 2003 then Governor George Ryan commuted 156 Death Penalty cases because the state unfairly interrogated, prosecuted, convicted and sentenced these men. The cases were worthy of being reopened and the state has shelled out MILLIONS of cha-ching to unfairly convicted men. Men whose trials were reopened based on DNA evidence - SCIENCE ! By the way the majority of these men were/are Black or Latino.
Here is what's frightening about the case against Troy Davis...NO EVIDENCE - NONE at all. I encourage you to get the details for yourself today. You can get information here and here. You can Google Mr. Davis' name and find out what activities are taking place in your city. But if you think that this is just another case of Black folks and progressive White people and determined Latinos being upset - you would be correct.
This post Obama love fest is on the verge of losing it's bloom if Troy Davis is executed, same goes for Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Do something on behalf of these two men and the unknown numbers of others who are languishing on Death Row across America. I'll say it for you, this is fucking disgusting.
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