Even if one were to accept the death penalty for certain crimes (something I definitely don’t) when the question of guilt is beyond any doubt, this is outrageous. There is no material evidence, several “witnesses” have given sworn testimonies that they were pressured or coerced into framing Troy, and still the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles upholds the execution.
Fuck you, murderers! Y’all should contemplate your position on which crimes should qualify for the death penalty and then act accordingly!
Damn! How many of these threads are there going to be?
You’ve been conned by the media. Read Ann Coulter’s column from yesterday (ignore the leftie-baiting comments about seals and stuff) and you’ll see that he was guilty as hell. The media hasn’t been reporting the truth. Here’s the column:
Btw, murder is illegal; executions are not. They’re not the same.
The White House was asked to do something, but the response was more or less, “This is a decision best left up to the states!”
How weasely and how so sad. If we were talking about a country (especially one that we’ve labeled as “evil”) executing an American on such weak evidence, the White House wouldn’t say, “Well, this is a decision best left up to Evil Country!” Especially if there was international outcry over the case.
It actually concerns me that the White House would be so blase. I’m not saying it should have halted the execution, but to issue that statement ignores that states have had a history of not protecting citizens and that their decision-making must be scrutinized if there’s any question that the protection they are providing is flimsy.
Honestly, if it ever did, America no longer has any ground from which to wank on about democracy, justice, ‘bringing freedom to _______’, any of that nonsense. Your government murders. I hope you figure out humanity soon.
Judge William Moore conducted the hearing in which Troy Davis was allowed to present his evidence of his innocence. The judge then issue a 172 page ruling going over that evidence. It can be found at these links: Part I and Part II.
““Dating back to his time in the Illinois State Senate, President Obama has worked to ensure accuracy and fairness in the criminal justice system – especially in capital punishment cases,” said White House Press Secretary Jay Carney. “However, it is not appropriate for the President of the United States to weigh in on specific cases like this one, which is a state prosecution.”
“By the media”? I don’t think so. Personally, I have listened to international organizations like Amnesty International. But if you prefer to put your trust in some American columnist with a political agenda, that’s of course your prerogative.
He was proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt at his trial. You can find the summation of that trial in the ruling I cited to. That ruling dealt with Mr. Davis’ latest appeal attempt, and lays out the burden of proof on pages 114 to 119.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: if the court finds an innocent man guilty, the problem isn’t what they do to him 20 years later, it’s what they do to him right then. If he was framed, the men responsible should be facing the firing squad.
Let me see if I have this straight: On one hand you have this:
1- There was no physical evidence in this case
2- The weapon was not produced
3- Guilt was established primarily through eyewitnesses, and 7 of the 9 have recanted their testimony
4- Several jurors have stated that they would have voted differently had they known then what they know now
5- A former president, a former FBI director, and the current leader of the world’s largest religious organization have appealed for clemency
On the other hand you have this:
1- Ann Coldturd wrote a piece defending the execution
Hmmm… which side should I believe? The answer is easy- unless you’re a right wing asshole.
Most media probably takes its cue from AI, which has displayed
long-term bias against the USA. In debate on another board I learned
AI publishes more US cases than Chinese cases, even though China
executes far more people than the US does. AI also has relatively
little to say about Iran, the per capita execution leader, and about
loathesome North Korea.
I know absolutely nothing about this case, but as always, I find it odd that random people on the internet who have gotten all of their information third-hand through the media know more about the ins, outs, and legal issues of a complex criminal case than did the judge, who spent, presumably, a very long time applying his years and years of hard-fought legal knowledge and expertise examining first-hand all of the relevant facts. But, as I said, you all know more about it than I do. I defer to those with more expertise and knowledge.
This is not true. Convictions are overturned and new trials ordered all the time based anything from inadequate counsel to judical error as to what should or should not have been entered into evidence to the appearance of new evidence or any of a number of other reasons.
Another gross misrepresentation of the amount of appeals, the amount of review, the number and depth of the hearings and rulings conducted in this case. I guess there are assholes on the left wing too.