Troy Davis execution date set
October 15, 2008 at 3:51 pm by Mara Shalhoup in News
Troy Davis
According to the commissioner of the state Department of Corrections, death row inmate Troy Davis is scheduled for execution on Monday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. The death warrant was signed earlier today in Chatham County Superior Court.
Davis, whose execution has twice been halted at the last minute — most recently by the U.S. Supreme Court — appears to have exhausted his appeals. Yet evidence unearthed in the case, including the recantations of seven of nine trial witnesses, suggests that he might not have killed Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail.
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October 15th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
[...] perk him up by letting Georgia execute an obviously innocent man. Should Gov. Perdue go ahead with Troy Davis’s execution, I will forevermore stand in adamant opposition to any organization that holds any conventions or [...]
October 15th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
Why do we kill people who kill people to show people that killing people is wrong? I know that doesn’t strictly apply in this case…I believe 100% in Troy Davis’ innocence. But I am opposed 100% to the death penalty.
Jerry Nelson
Koinonia Farm
October 15th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
I was in the court room when the witnesses testified against Davis. They were sure!
The recantings are not believable, because it worked liked this:
They gave their statements and then 2 YEARS later they testified in court validating their written statements. 2 years time passed and their testimony did NOT change. It was only several years later did they decide they might have reservations on what they said. C’mon……………….If you could pick a time that the witnesses should be believed, when would be? The time of the crime, 2 years later when they swore under oath they were telling the truth or many years later when they decide they may not be sure?
Troy Davis has run through every single possible defense in an effort to get out of this:
He has claimed, failure of due process, poopy attorney, failed to blame another earlier because “he didn’t want to be a snitch”, he has been railroaded re: a racial thing, he is innocent and all of those eye witnesses were wrong, now all of the witnesses are correct since they are recanting. The question reverts back to how innocent is a man pistol whipping an unarmed homeless guy for a can of beer at 1:00am?
There WAS blood evidence, in 1989 there was no DNA testing available, when the prosecution (not the defense) insisted on testing the old blood, it was degraded and the sample was used up in the test. So no results were generated. The blood came from Troy Davis’s shorts that were found in his mother’s washing machine. How many folks do you know that wash clothes between 1:00am 6:00am? The earlier shooting that Davis committed (he was involved in 2 that night) resulted in the same ballistic match as the ammo at the Police Officer’s murder, while Troy was the common denominator at both locations. Go to the website for ALL of the facts. Ever wonder why the defense doesn’t offer facts on their website?
These recanting witnesses have been interviewed by the Pardons and Parole Board and apparently found lacking in credibility.
http://www.markallenmacphail.com
October 16th, 2008 at 5:36 am
This is insane that the government of the US lowers themselves to killing people. This does not solve as a deterrent and it never will. I have feelings for the McPhail family but killing Troy Davis will not bring him back. Pleas do
not stoop so low for justice. Just remember it is another murder that is being committed on
Oct 27, 2008. This is not justice
just revenge that does not solve anything.
October 16th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
[...] perk him up by letting Georgia execute an obviously innocent man. Should Gov. Perdue go ahead with Troy Davis’s execution, I will forevermore stand in adamant opposition to any organization that holds any conventions or [...]
October 20th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
[...] police officer Mark MacPhail. Nevertheless, he’s scheduled to be executed for that on Monday, October 27. There is no physical evidence linking Davis to the crime, and the great majority of supposed [...]