Troy Davis execution: "legalized lynching"

Thomas Ruffin was a witness to the execution and one of Troy Davis' attorneys:

"In his final words, he more or less called upon everybody who would want what's right, who would want what's morally right and whatever this thing called justice is, if it means anything good, who want that, to bring an end to this madness called capital punishment, as it's applied in the United States.
And out of all of that, I basically say that Troy—Troy Davis, whose case was one that was, we say, riddled with doubt, it was riddled with sworn recantations from the witnesses who put him in the place where he was convicted by a predominantly white jury and a white judge and then sentenced to death. Seven of those nine witnesses recanted, and then additional witnesses, under oath, came forward and identified the actual perpetrator of the crime. And if, in that situation, Georgia and the United States can kill somebody who's actually innocent, that's not just a legalized lynching, that's a threat to all innocent life in a society."

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News & Politics

Tags:

• Troy Davis
• Death Penalty
• ColorOfChange.org
• Civil Rights Movement
• Criminal Justice
• Georgia
• Race
• racism

[StoogeWatcher]

@purplefashion03 Those who rally for copkillers are disgusting. ColorOfChange also defended gangbanger Tookie.

[StoogeWatcher]

ColorOfChange supports copkillers and gangbangers.

[purplefashion03]

I hate whites, I can't wait until the tables are turned. This is disgusting. This happens so much! Whites make me sick. Troy Davis, you are forever in our hearts!

[jesereyes]

Troy Davis, you did not die in vain. Thank you for awakening the worlds conscience.

You will live in our memory!

[antonscottgoustin]

Troy Davis was convicted without any physical evidence whatsoever. There were nine eyewitnesses. After the 1991 trial, 7 of the 9 recanted their testimony. The verdict was certainly not "beyond shadow of doubt." Mr. Davis was unfortunate to be a black man in the State of Georgia, this is the reason he is in heaven now.

[BobbyRogerPoirier]

This is important. This is real. Why does it only have 402 views?