Tuesday, September 20, 2011

So Sad! Georgia Board Denies Clemecy For Troy Davis.

Today may be the saddest and lowest point of the Troy Davis saga. After many claims and hours of testimony from his supporters and prosecutors that Troy Davis is wrongly convicted of killing a police officer in 1989 the Georgia  pardons board STILL rejected clemency for death row.Davis is set to die Wednesday for the killing of an off-duty Savannah officer. Davis lawyers have fought and battled to the bone arguing that Davis was victim of mistaken identity."I am utterly shocked and disappointed at the failure of our justice system at all levels to correct a miscarriage of justice," Brian Kammer, one of Davis's attorneys, said after the decision was announced. There have been multiple witnesses and "eye witnesses' who have recanted their stories, admitted that they lied and still NO CLEMENCY.
The murder weapon was never found, and there was no DNA or other forensic evidence.
In the years since the trial, seven of the nine witnesses have come forward and recanted their evidence, saying they were put under pressure to implicate Davis by the investigating police.  Prosecutors claimed they have no doubt that they charged the right person with the crime. You do not execute a man with all of the doubt and lies swirling around this case, c'mon now!

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