Friday, October 24, 2008

Bold Strategy Supreme Court...

A piece on cnn.com told the story of Troy Davis. Troy is a black man in Georgia who was convicted of killing a police officer and given the death penalty... the Supreme Court has rejected his appeal. Soon he will die. Think he deserves it? Well, there was no physical proof tying him to the killing, the murder weapon was never found, Troy has ALWAYS declared his innocence, seven of the nine witnesses have since recanted their testimonies against him stating they felt pressure from superiors and other police officers to testify against him, and the primary alternative suspect happens to be a police officer who testified against Troy ... interesting, eh? I thought so to. Amnesty International, among others including myself, are pissed. This is rediculous. This is living (soon to be dead) proof that the justice system has its biases. A black man in the South, condemned to death despite a mountain of more than reasonable doubt... Coincidence? That's about as doubtful as Troy being the cop killer.

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