Breaking News - US Supreme Court denies request for stay of execution for Georgia inmate Troy Davis - wire services

Breaking News - US Supreme Court denies request for stay of execution for Georgia inmate Troy Davis - wire services.

Well, that's fucking absurd.

Why is legally killing people legal?

Why are we so thirsty for blood and revenge?

dumbthingswhitepplsay:

jesus fucking christ

Yeah, America is so full of shit it’s not funny. We spend trillions on war but refuse to pay for everyone’s health care.  We invade two countries and kill hundreds of thousands to prove how great a country we are.  And now people protesting the execution of a black man convicted of killing ONE cop (possibly unjustly convicted) are having their freedom of speech suppressed by being arrested.

GOOD PLAN, AMERICA!

Oh and don’t forget: 

Troy Davis is Still Alive—let’s keep it that way! Call 404-656-5651

Troy Davis is Still Alive--let's keep it that way! Call 404-656-5651

Reblogged from DigitalMeowMix:

GA Parole/Pardons Board: 404-656-5651 has been regarded as STILL WORKING as of about 5 seconds ago. CALL THIS NUMBER. I dialed 0 at the first machine and 2 at the second!

I did and got a busy signal.  I'm going to keep trying off and on for the afternoon and see if I can leave a voicemail or talk to anyone.  What will I say to them? This:

"Please let Troy Davis live. There is too much doubt regarding his case. Please stop this from happening.  Thank you."

likeproust:

curiousgeorgiana:

littleorphanammo:

thecurvature:

writteninmysoul:

Too Much Doubt To Execute!!

Troy Davis was convicted of murdering a Georgia police officer in 1991. Nearly two decades later, Davis remains on death row — even though the case against him has fallen apart.

The case against him consisted entirely of witness testimony which contained inconsistencies even at the time of the trial. Since then, all but two of the state’s non-police witnesses from the trial have recanted or contradicted their testimony.

Many of these witnesses have stated in sworn affidavits that they were pressured or coerced by police into testifying or signing statements against Troy Davis.

One of the two witnesses who has not recanted his testimony is Sylvester “Red” Coles — the principle alternative suspect, according to the defense, against whom there is new evidence implicating him as the gunman. Nine individuals have signed affidavits implicating Sylvester Coles.

An execution date for Troy Davis is scheduled for September 21, 2011.

Tomorrow. They’re going to kill him tomorrow.

This makes me feel so helpless. What can we even do? I mean, no really. What can I do?

http://action.naacp.org/page/s/petition-larry-chisolm

The DA is basically the last hope.  Sign petition above. 

I am sitting in my law school in the Innocence Project office.  Our faculty advisor has been in tears all day.  I can’t even imagine what Troy’s family is going through.

Signed. It takes all of thirty seconds.

This kind of thing should be banned. Period.  By killing killers we become, YOU GUESSED IT: killers.

Masking our murdering under the guise of “justice” is jut lying to ourselves. There is no justice for the innocent dead so killing the killer only serves our base need for vengeance and solves nothing.  And shouldn’t their be some sort of parity between the crime and the punishment? Davis gets death for killing a single person and that’s fair?  That’s “Justice”?  I understand cops are heroes for taking the life-risking job they’ve taken, but surely life in prison is adequate.

And all of the above assumes Davis is actually guilty of killing that cop.  What if he isn’t? What if flawed humans reached a flawed conclusion?  Would you be OK with trusting the system if it were *you* on trial?

Texas kills again...this time a foreigner...

Yep, Texas has killed again!  This time it happened despite a bunch of procedural issues AND the President of the United States being against it.

From a blog post at WSJ.com:

Texas Executes Leal Despite White House Objections

July 8, 2011, 8:27 AM ET

By Nathan Koppel

Texas yesterday executed Mexican national Humberto Leal for raping and murdering a teenager despite complaints from the White House and diplomats that the execution violated U.S. treaty obligations.

In his final words, Leal accepted responsibility, saying, “I have hurt a lot of people,” according to this A.P. report  As the execution drugs began to take effect, Leal twice added: “Viva Mexico” (Here’s another account of the execution scene from the Huntsville (TX) Item.)

The Supreme Court yesterday denied Leal’s objection to the execution on the grounds that Texas law enforcement officials failed to advise him of his rights, under the 1963 Vienna Convention, to get assistance from his home country’s consulate or embassy.

Here’s a report from WSJ, which notes that Texas and other states routinely have failed to advise foreigners of their consular rights as required under the Vienna treaty.

So much for a just trial, huh?  But who needs standards? It’s not like he was using foul language in his last statement or anything… that reminds me of something motherjones just posted about:

markcoatney:

Apparently in Texas it’s OK for the state to execute 471 people since 1982, but it’s not OK for them to curse about it. 

At least they stopped publishing their final meals…

One of my favorite double standards! To stop some from killing we kill them.  This despite the very fallible United States Justice System convicting the wrong people on occasion.

We just sent four humans into space and we still kill people as punishment.  Well done, humanity.