[HCCN] Fwd: Thank you for taking action. Please help spread the word.

[Larry Dansinger]

Please pass along to others in your group or area. Thanks.

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> From: "James Rucker, ColorOfChange.org" <no-reply at colorofchange.org>
> Date: September 19, 2011 1:06:37 PM EDT
> To: rosc at psouth.net
> Subject: Thank you for taking action. Please help spread the word.
>
> Thank you for helping to stop Troy Davis' execution. For this  
> campaign to be successful, it's critical that we share information  
> about this injustice far and wide.
>
> Can you ask your friends and family to join this effort? Below is a  
> sample message that you can copy and paste into an empty email.   
> Please send only to people you know personally -- spam only hurts  
> our campaign.
>
> Dear friends,
>
> In 1991, Troy Davis was convicted of murdering a white police  
> officer. Though there's major evidence that Davis didn't commit the  
> crime, Georgia just scheduled his execution. There's still a chance  
> of stopping this -- but only if we speak up now.
>
> The fact is, no physical evidence connected Davis to the murder.  
> Seven of the original nine witnesses have recanted, with many  
> saying their testimony was a result of law enforcement pressure. Of  
> the remaining witnesses, one is highly suspect and the other could  
> be the actual culprit in the officer's murder.
>
> Now, despite these and other facts, the state of Georgia has taken  
> the final steps toward Davis' execution -- and only the Georgia  
> Board of Pardons and Parole stands between Davis and the lethal  
> injection chamber.
>
> Georgia may be about to kill an innocent man. That's not justice.  
> Please join me and my friends at ColorOfChange.org in taking action  
> to stop Troy Davis' execution. You can help in three ways:
>
> 1. Sign the petition asking the Georgia Parole Board to spare Troy  
> Davis' life: http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/troy/? 
> referring_akid=a11088976.1479149.AVGHll&source=copy_thanks_email
>
> 2. Help us tell Troy's story to thousands of Georgia residents by  
> making a contribution to the effort to buy ads in Georgia media:  
> https://act.colorofchange.org/donate/troydavis
>
> 3. Spread the word to others. Forward this email to your friends  
> and family, and share the links to the petition and donation pages  
> on Facebook and Twitter.
>
> Since Troy Davis' 1991 conviction, numerous facts have emerged that  
> introduce significant doubt as to his guilt. These facts include:
>
> All but two of the original witnesses against Troy Davis have  
> signed affidavits recanting their earlier testimony. Most claim  
> that their testimony was coerced by police officers.1
> Multiple witnesses say that another man -- one of the original  
> witnesses against Davis -- has claimed to have slain the fallen  
> officer.2
> The weapon used in the murder was never found. The only physical  
> evidence connecting Davis to the crime was circumstantial -- and  
> new testimony disputes Davis's connection to that evidence.3
> In light of this evidence, the Supreme Court granted Davis another  
> chance. But instead of an actual new trial before a jury, which  
> would mean the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt is on the  
> prosecutor, he got an evidentiary hearing before a single federal  
> judge where Davis' lawyers had the burden to meet an impossibly  
> high and undefined legal standard.
>
> Unbelievably, the judge rejected the new evidence and cleared the  
> way for Davis' execution. But even he acknowledged lingering doubt,  
> noting that the case against Davis was not "ironclad."
>
> But "ironclad" is exactly what the evidence should be in order to  
> put someone to death. If the Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole  
> doesn't act to stop Davis' execution, they'll run a serious risk of  
> putting an innocent man to death. That is not acceptable.
>
> Please join me and my friends at ColorOfChange.org in asking the  
> Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole to save Troy Davis' life by  
> commuting his sentence to life in prison. And when you do, please  
> ask your friends and family to do the same.
>
> http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/troy/? 
> referring_akid=a11088976.1479149.AVGHll&source=copy_thanks_email
>
> Thanks.
>
> References:
>
> 1. “Troy Davis – Finality over Fairness,” Amnesty International USA
> http://tinyurl.com/42z2tp
>
> 2. See Reference 1
>
> 3. See Reference 1
>
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