Troy Davis Denied Clemency

Davis has captured worldwide attention after his supporters raised concerns that he was a victim of mistaken identity. Several of the witnesses who helped convict Davis at his 1991 trial have backed off their testimony or recanted. Others who did not testify say another man at the scene admitted to the shooting.

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DaisyDay said:

The only physical evidence are shell casings which link him to a robbery for which he was convicted. Shell casings? Seven of nine witness recantations is a lot of recanting.

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Billnew said:

I was hoping they would delay it for a review.

But I support thier decision and here is why:

20 yrs of investigating, working the system, having evidence reviewed.
How many courts heard the case of the appeal?
How many courts reviewed the case for clemancy?
How many people reviewed the case for a new trial?

I must assume one of the following:

1.He was guilty and justice is served.
2.He was innoncent and 20 yrs of cover up, conspiracy, and laziness, from the local courts all the way to the supreme court, allowed this man to be murdered.

#2 means hundreds if not thousands of people were complicit (if not active) in the commision of this murder.

I believe #1, and I believe the anti-DP group a massed all the "opinions"
and presented them as fact. They could not win in real court, so they took it to the court of public opinion. No facts have to be supported in Public opinion.
How else can every court ignore the "evidence" and allow this to take place without delay?

Who is more reliable?
Group that is against the DP, looking for anything to prevent the execution.
Group of trained people looking to serve justice?

That said, I am even more convinced by the amount of preasure these people were put under to do the right thing, by the world. I seriously doubt they would pencil whip the review when so many all over the world called for the delay and review.

I would like to see 2 things:
1.The punishment being served alot sooner. So people haven't forgotten the terrible crimes rather then just reading about it. We have terminal people sitting in a cell for twenty or more years waiting to die.

2. Make it manditory that a court open the case within a month of the execution to review the evidence one last time.There can be alot of new information in that time. This would settle these kinds of problems.
a.I would also make it a court outside the local so that a local vendetta does not taint the review.

There are real monsters in the world, and they should face the ultimate punishment, but we should never stop looking for the truth and when the sentence is carried out, it should never be a joyous one. The monsters enjoy the killing, civilized people do not.

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Troy Davis said:

For those about to take my life, may God have mercy on your souls. May God bless your souls.
"All I can ask... is that you look deeper into this case so that you really can finally see the truth. I ask my family and friends to continue to fight this fight.

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Jase said:

Wouldn't matter, polygraphs are not admissable in court, so the most it would accomplish is the media and public possibly believing he's telling the truth. He'd still be executed.

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Jase said:

I think this case kinda highlights why most of the 1st world opposes us for our death penalty policies.

While part of me feels a sense of justice when a really really bad person can no longer hurt anyone else, I wonder how many innocent people we've actually executed or locked up for life.

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