The U.S. Supreme Court has stopped the execution, enabling a federal judge to
collect all evidences that can show his innocence.
His
story
Troy was sentenced to death in 1991, charged of a policeman’s
murder in a restaurant of Savannah, Georgia, a crime he had
always been denying he committed.
His sentence was established without the support of any concrete
evidence, and the killing’s weapon has never been found out.
Besides, seven out of nine accusing witnesses have by now
revoked or at least modified their versions, previously told to
the judges. Some of them, indeed, even acknowledged to have
endured strong pressures by the police. Nevertheless, the appeal
to the Federal Court, which could consider the consistency and
liability of such testimonies, was denied to Troy. Finally,
after his death sentence, further evidences which prove his
innocence emerged. But the competent court firmly ruled against
him, and chose not to proceed to a review of his trial.
Georgia’s Supreme Court, after a new examination of his case,
denied Troy another hearing.
The U.S. Supreme Court on August 2009, has stopped the
execution, enabling a federal judge to collect all evidences
that can show his innocence.
Who would like to help Troy
stronger, may undersign the following two petitions by
Amnesty International and by Investigate the Injustice:
The Community of Sant’Egidio urges everybody to share its appeal aiming to spare Troy’s life from the execution, sending the following statement to the competent authorities of Georgia, by fax or e-mail.
Urgent appeal brought out by the Community of Sant’Egidio
to save the life of Troy Davis,
sentenced to death
Your Excellencies
I am writing to express my deep concern over a ruling that sentenced to death Mr. Troy Davis, despite the lack of physical evidences, like the murder’s weapon, which was never found, the recantation of almost all the witnesses’ testimonies, the witnesses’ admission of having received pressures by the police, the denial of an appeal to the federal court, which could have judged on the reliability of such testimonies, and the emersion of new evidences which could have absolved him.
I urge you to intervene on his behalf to prevent this cruel and inhuman punishment from being meted out against him.
I implore you to ensure that this cruel and inhuman sentence is not carried out.
