A Call for Action! Stop the Execution of Troy Davis!
We received this from our comrades of the EBFM.
AFRIKAN ALERT !
EXTENDED BLACK FAMILY MOVEMENT
Paterson/Passaic Chapter
JUNE 1 2009
By True In Living
” An unjust law is no law at all. So we have a right to resist and
rebel.”
The laws of this country and abroad have never been in the interest of black/brown people. This includes our native brothers and sisters as well . There have been treaties and promises broken; and lies fed to our people. The laws of today reflect the thinking of the enemy’s founding forefathers. Bias laws, like how an individual receives more time for crack/ cocaine then just uncooked powder cocaine. The constant racial profiling and police terrorism. The over population of the prisons with black/brown people, who make up the minority in this country . We must point out and will never forget the numerous assassinations and wrongfully imprisonment of our freedom fighters for taking a stand
against this unjust, corrupted system.
You don’t have to be a freedom fighter to be wrongfully accused of a crime you did not commit . Just being black on a Friday is enough . Or any other day of the week for that matter. Which brings us up to the topic at hand. A Call for action; stop the execution of Troy Davis!
Troy Anthony Davis has been on death row in Georgia for more than 17 years for the murder of police officer Mark Allen Macphail at a burger king in savannah, Georgia – despite strong evidence suggesting he is innocent.
* There was no physical evidence against Troy Davis
* The weapon used in the crime was never found
* 7 out of 9 non-police witnesses recanted or contradicted their testimony .
* Many of these witnesses have stated that they were pressured or coerced by the pigs
* 1 of the 2 witnesses who has not recanted or contradicted their testimony is Sylvestor Coles, the principle alternative suspect.
* 9 individuals have Signed affidavits implicating Sylvestor Coles.
Troy Davis has NEVER had a hearing in federal court on the reliability of the witness testimony used against him.
TROY DAVIS TIMELINE
8/8/89- late night , Michael Cooper was shot at a party in Cloverdale neighborhood. At approx. 1am Larry Young was pistol whipped and officer Mark Allen Macphail was shot at the burger king parking lot on Oglethorpe Avenue .
8/23/89 Troy Davis surrendered to authorities and was arrested.
11/15/89 Troy Davis was indicted in the superior court of Chatham County for the murder of Mark Macphail.
8/28/91 Troy Davis was convicted of murder and for assaulting Michael Cooper.
2/26/93 Georgia Supreme Court affirmed the conviction and sentence.
9/9/97 State court denies habeas petition.
11/13/00 Georgia Superme Court affirmed state court’s denial of habeas relief
5/13/04 US district court denied Davis federal habeas relief.
9/7/05 Eleventh circuit heard oral arguments.
9/26/06 Eleventh circuit affirmed the denial of federal habeas relief .
6/25/07 Supreme Court of the US denied request for appeal.
6/29/07 Chatham County Superior Court issued an execution warrant :
July 17-24
7/5/07 Department of Corrections set execution for 7:00pm on 7/17.
7/16/07 State board of pardons and paroles held a clemency and later
that day ordered A stay of execution for up to 90 days.
8/3/07 Georgia Superme Court agreed to hear new trial in November.
11/13/07 Georgia Supreme Court heard oral arguments.
3/17/08 Georgia Superme Court denies Davis appeal for a new trial.
9/12/08 Georgia state Board of Pardon and Paroles denies clemency .
9/23/08 Supreme Court of the U.S issues a stay of execution pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari filed on Davis’s behalf.
10/14/08 Superme Court of the U.S. Denies Davis petition for certiorari , effectively ending the appeals process.
10/15/08 Chatham County Superior Court issues a new execution warrant.
10/24/08 11th Circuit grants stay of execution, permits counsel to submit more appelate briefs.
12/09/08 11th Circuit will hold oral arguments in Atlanta on Davis’s petition.
4/16/09 11th Circuit denie Davis’s petition, issues 30-day stay so that Davis can file last appeal with U.S. Supreme Court.
Go to www.amnestyusa.org/troydavis
For more info and take action!
