An American Sentence (for Troy Davis) September 23, 2008
Posted by Rethabile in human rights, racism.Tags: human rights, racism, troy davis
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With no evidence blacks don’t walk on a technicality blacks die.
Links:
+ Why Am I Not Surprised?
+ Stuff White People Do
+ Troy Anthony Davis
+ A Hundred Death Penalty Mistakes, And Counting
If you can, write an American Sentence for Troy, or about the failure of the justice system in the United States, and post it today on your blog. It may not save Troy from death, but it may raise some awareness about what is wrong with the picture of people dying for no reason. Many people have sent letters to the State Board Of Pardons And Paroles, to no avail. Richard C. Dieter says that
“The decisions about who lives and who dies are being made along racial lines by a nearly all white group of prosecutors. The death penalty presents a stark symbol of the effects of racial discrimination. In individual cases, this racism is reflected in ethnic slurs hurled at black defendants by the prosecution and even by the defense. It results in black jurors being systematically barred from service, and in the devoting of more resources to white victims of homicide at the expense of black victims. And it results in a death penalty in which blacks are frequently put to death for murdering whites, but whites are almost never executed for murdering blacks. Such a system of injustice is not merely unfair and unconstitutional–it tears at the very principles to which this country struggles to adhere.”
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz56WstYusk (Troy Davis speaking)
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FAX NUMBERS FOR THE GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF PARDONS & PAROLES:
(404) 651-8502
(404) 651-5282
(404) 463-6627
EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR THE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF PARDONS & PAROLES:
Chairperson L.Gale Buckner– gale_buckner@pap.state.ga.us
Garland Hunt– garland_hunt@pap.state.ga.us
Robert Keller– robert_keller@pap.state.ga.us
Milton Nix– milton_nix@pap.state.ga.us
Garfield Hammonds– garfield_hammonds@pap.state.ga.us
The people who fight for liberation and for human rights saved Troy Davis’ life last year. Let’s work hard this week and save Troy Davis’ life and restore his liberty this year. Your letters, when emailed and faxed to the Georgia State Board of Pardons & Paroles, will support a massive national rally against this planned execution. That rally will be in Atlanta on Thursday. The protests will carry over to the board’s hearing on Friday, September 12, 2008. Please join us with your letters and other expressions of support.
Please continue the struggle!
From: http://www.slepton.com/slepton/viewcontent.pl?id=2095
[...] is my American Sentence for Troy Davis. Rethabile has asked that we write American Sentences today as a way of protesting Davis’ execution. [...]
This is so disturbing, so not right – knowing that any human being and in this case an innocent man will die tonight at 7pm EST killed by the state. Years ago I watched the documentary “Seven Days in May” which will forever remain in my memory. I watched it with my kids who were young at the time but I felt it important they should know how injustice works and hopefully grow up to recognise it’s ugly head and stand against it whenever and wherever. This action of executing people by the state is obscene – why because it is legalised murder.