Flooded on my twitter timeline was the Troy Davis story and the hash tag #SaveTroyDavis on every other tweet I was reading from my followers. As of tonight it has reached National News and gained the attention of President Barak Obama via the. So, I decided to dig deeper into the Troy Davis story and find out why it was such a trending topic. Immediately After reading the CNN Article about Troy Davis, I eagerly encouraged my followers to promote, support, and spread the Troy Davis story and sign the petition.
It is a must read story not just for the African American population but for every individual no matter what your ethnicity is. I find it mind boggling Troy Davis an African American man now 42 has spent the last 20 years of his life locked behind bars for a crime that the police have no physical evidence for. According to the Huffington Post Article this is his fourth time facing execution, and his affected his family in ways never imagined the very first execution was given for July 17, 2007.
Troy accused of murdering Caucasian Savannah police officer Mark MacPahil on Aug 19, 1989 case has unraveled and faced many appeals. This time it marks national news, and supporters of all ethnicity's and socioeconomic backgrounds stand in agreement to free Troy Davis. Davis has gained support of Rev Al Sharpton, Pope Arnold , Archbishop Desmond TuTu, Former United States President Jimmy Carter, NAACP, ACLU, and a host of many other individuals.
“There is no physical evidence linking Troy to the crime. The murder weapon was never recovered. Yet, he was sentenced to death. He has been on death row for 20 years, despite the fact that the case against him has completely unraveled. In fact, seven of the nine non-police witnesses later recanted or changed their testimonies, many stating that police coercion and intimidation led to their initial implication of my brother. Several new witnesses have come forward and implicated Sylvester Coles as the shooter the man who called the police on Troy as the real shooter.”Still to this date the state of Georgia has given Troy an execution date of September 21, 2011.
