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EMERGENCY: Troy Davis Execution 9/21/11

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Uploaded by on Sep 20, 2011

TROY DAVIS TO BE EXECUTED TOMORROW!
Uploaded by WatcherAzrael on Sep 20, 2011
Original Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcprxpVQZ0c

Troy Davis Case: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Davis_case
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Many appeals in state and federal courts followed. Davis and his lawyers argued that the racial composition of the jury and poor advocacy from his lawyers had affected his right to a fair trial. Seven of the original nine eyewitnesses who had linked Davis to the killing recanted all or part of their trial testimony. Several stated they had felt pressure by police to implicate Davis. New witnesses implicated Coles in the crime. The appeals were denied with courts declaring that Davis had not provided a "substantive claim" of innocence and that the recantations were unpersuasive. In July 2007, September 2008, and October 2008, execution dates were scheduled but stayed shortly before the events took place.

Amnesty International and other groups such as National Association for the Advancement of Colored People took up Davis' cause. Prominent politicians and leaders, including former President Jimmy Carter, Al Sharpton, Pope Benedict XVI, Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, presidential candidate Bob Barr and former FBI Director and judge William S. Sessions called upon the courts to grant Davis a new trial or evidentiary hearing.

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  • Delayed till the 28th.:D

  • @Aluenvey dead at 11:08 pm cause of death "homicide," according to coroner's report. Actual cause of death: lynching

  • @rriverstone1 As far as I remember, the method of execution is lethal injection. So to claim that he was lynched, you'll have to proof it if it mean it literally.

  • @Aluenvey I don't have to prove a thing. YOU have to learn how search engines and dictionaries work.

  • I BELIVE HE IS INNOCENT NICE VIDEO!

  • @murlik1 It's a mirror. link to original in description. thanks

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  • @StarBrother11 I watched, very carefully,and live, on DemocracyNOW! That's some "miracle," that racist genocide crap. Yeah, your g*d really stood up for justice and innocence tonight, buddy

  • R.I.P Mr. Davis.

  • @Aluenvey no he was executed

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