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On Friday, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles denied Troy Davis' clemency request without ever hearing the testimony of the 7 of 9 eyewitnesses who have since recanted. As the board had previously granted Davis a stay in order to hear that testimony, and only cancelled that previous hearing when the Georgia Supreme Court agreed to take the case, the denial without explanation was very unexpected.
But before Davis is executed on September 23, the Board can reconsider its decision. If you care about preventing the execution of a possibly innocent man, go here to Amnesty International and send a message to the Board asking them to reconsider.
We are closer than I ever thought we would get to the ultimate injustice: the state taking the life of an innocent man. I hope we can still stop it.
3 comments:
Do you know why Alderman received a stay and Davis did not? It seems the Alderman case is a much more clear cut case for execution, especially considering the duration of his wait.
Is it a procedural error in his clemency hearing? Or does he just have a better representation than Davis?
I support capital punishment, but not in the Davis case, there is way too much room for doubt. If the facts of the Alderman case are as presented by the AJC, I think he should have died two decades ago.
I don't really know anything about the Alderman case, but I suspect the BPP is hiding behind the Georgia Supreme Court's ruling that the new evidence was not enough of a reason to grant a new trial. Of course because the habeas petition was previously denied on procedural grounds, that means that no court has ever heard the testimony of the recanting witnesses. That should make everyone sick to their stomach.
Sorry, should make clear that I mean the BPP was hiding behind the Georgia Supreme Court's ruling in the Davis case.
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