Troy Davis' Sister Speaks About Her Fight for Justice

Martina Davis Correia, sister of Troy Davis, speaks about her decades-long fight for justice for her brother, who was executed by the state of Georgia on September 21, 2011. In this video interview with Amnesty International from March, 2011, Correia says she and her brother were brought up to believe in the fairness of the U.S. justice system and taught at the same time to speak up when they saw injustice. These strong ideals inspired her to join Amnesty as a decade-long volunteer leader in the organization's Campaign to Abolish the Death Penalty. She and her son De'Jaun are shown wearing the iconic "I Am Troy Davis" t-shirts that she designed and that galvanized millions around the world to join Amnesty International and other groups fighting to save Troy's life.

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• Troy Davis
• Death Penalty
• Capital Punishment
• Martina Correia
• Georgia

[donchatheboss]

This is so inspiring, I remember when they kept updating about Troy Davis execution, I still keep thinking about it, i had school next day but I was awake the whole night and prayed for him and watched the news what they were saying. And the saddest thing was that i believed in a miracle and justice but that didn't seem to occur. I AM TROY DAVIS!

[Julien09348]

My heart goes out to De'Jaun and the Davis and Correia families. She truly is a drum major for human rights! American justice is a criminally negligent and racist system! The system in my country, Canada, though we abolished the death penalty as a cruel and unusual form of punishment, barbaric in nature, the criminal legal system is full of racist, elitist, white supremacy too. Martina has inspired me to make an effort on behalf of those condemned to death by the state all around the world.

[vthilton]

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