UPDATE: Next ACTIONS NEEDED to Spare Troy Davis's Life!

[emlev]

Yesterday, July 16, Troy Anthony Davis was granted a 90 day stay of execution by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole. This means he won't be executed tonight, as was scheduled! This is great news, and it is not yet enough. According to Democracy Now! this morning, the Board of Pardons and Parole will be hearing new evidence in the case. They have the power to commute his sentence to life with parole or life without parole. If they do not do this within 90 days, he will be executed. Meanwhile, his defense team is also working on getting him a new trial, in light of new witnesses who have come forward to exonerate him and declarations by 7 of the 9 original witnesses who testified against Davis that they were coerced/threatened into making false statements. (See links at the end of this post for more background info on the case.)

I just received an email from one of the people working on this case in Georgia, asking us to take these steps:

• Continue to send faxes to the Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole via http://www.aiusa.org/troydavis">this link. Faxes are sent by Amnesty International and there's no charge to you.
  
• Send a letter to Georgia Moratorium and it will be delivered to the Board on your behalf with thousands of other letters. You can print a letter to send them here. Fax it to 404.876.2276. (Of course you could also write a personal letter and fax it to them at that number.)
  
• Print and distribute these postcards for people to sign and send.
  
• To get on the Georgia Moratorium email list for updates on this case and other Georgia death penalty developments, email [e-mail]. Contact person: Laura Moye 404-876-5661x12.
  
• Do what you can to keep spreading the word and keep momentum building!

Thank you everyone at DU who has been faxing, emailing, and getting the word out about Troy Davis!

[TexasLawyer]

1. Kick

Thanks again, emlev, for keeping the ball rolling.

[emlev]

2. The Amnesty faxing system may be offline--here are alternatives

If so, you can send a fax to Georgia Moratorium at 404.876.2276.

or write a letter or print the postcard linked to in the OP and mail it to:
Amnesty International
730 Peachtree Street
Suite 1060
Atlanta, GA 30308

[emlev]

3. Atlanta Progressive News Article

UPDATE: Pardons Board Grant Davis 90 Days Stay of Execution

By Matthew Cardinale, News Editor, The Atlanta Progressive News (July 16, 2007)

(APN) SAVANNAH -- Troy Anthony Davis, a death row inmate in Georgia received a 90 day stay, just hours before his scheduled execution, Atlanta Progressive News has learned.

"I'm exhausted but elated," Martina Correia, Davis's sister, told Atlanta Progressive News. "They were asking a lot of questions and were engaging. They were so respectful for the family. We had this perception, we've always been treated so badly because of what he's accused of."

"There was so much doubt in this case. They saw that today. Troy was calling my mother. She was sitting wrapped in a blanket. The lawyer called and said there was a 90 day stay. Troy said he was so thankful and he got on his knees to thank God," Correia said...

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[xultar]

4. Kick! I'm gonna get on this.

[TexasLawyer]

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[emlev]

6. Thanks for the kick

[Pushed To The Left]

7. Evening K & R!

It is very important that this execution not take place. There seems to be an extremely good chance that Troy Davis is innocent.

[GliderGuider]

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