Again, It Takes Jimmy Carter to Speak Out

[FourScore]

It amazes me that 360 people have viewed this thread and only 5 have responded, 13 recs. An innocent man is about to die. I guess the other 340+ people who read this weren't moved enough by this man's plight. What more can I say to energize them into sending a email or, at least, kicking this? THIS MAN IS GOING TO DIE.

Again, It Takes Jimmy Carter to Speak Out
by howardpark
Mon Sep 22, 2008 at 06:33:06 AM PDT

President Jimmy Carter has called for clemency for Troy Davis who is scheduled to be executed tomorrow in Georgia. "This case illustrates the deep flaws in the application of the death penalty in this country. Executing Troy Davis without a real examination of potentially exonerating evidence risks taking the life of an innocent man and would be a grave miscarriage of justice. The citizens of Georgia should demand the highest standards of proof when our legal system condemns on our behalf a man or woman to die."

http://www.alternet.org/...

As usual, Carter is a lonely voice of color-blind justice in a sea of political posturing. Even if you think the death penalty is justified in some cases our system ought to be able to apply it only when guilt is proven. The dirty little secret of many states is that innocent people are condemned to death all the time because they don't get good legal representation early in the "justice" process. The death penalty is not a sexy issue. It is uncomfortable. It often has racial overtones.

Execution is the ultimate power of the state. Executing an innocent man is the ultimate injustice, the ultimate crisis. It's a shame that it takes an 83 year old ex-president with no political future to speak out. Thanks again to Jimmy Carter, the greatest living American.


Please DU! I posted something about this yesterday, but it didn't get very far. Please Kick and recommend this.

http://www.amnestyusa.org/death-penalty/troy-davis-finality-over-fairness/page.do?id=1011343&n1=3&n2=28&n3=1412

Send an email to your State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator (SDPAC). Just click the above link and look on the right side of the screen. Click the blue "contact" link and type your protest. Something like "Stop the execution of Troy Davis!" would do just fine.Then send. It's easy and quick. Please, let's try to stop this injustice.

It will only take a few seconds of your time. An innocent man is about to be executed!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/22/92822/2971/874/606285

[Heidi]

1. Kick!

:kick:

[Joe Bacon]

45. Kick & a BIG Thumbs Up for President Carter

In any 60 seconds of his life, Jimmy Carter has done more of God's work than Robertson, Dobson, Crouch and their ilk would do in a million lifetimes.

[livelongandprosper]

2. It's f#$%ing Georgia. And the guy has the wrong race.

Racist whites should be kicked out of the Union.

[FourScore]

5. Right now it's about saving this mans life.

Black people get wrongfully eecuted all over the US. Let's focus and try to stop this one.

[Fire1]

33. Who? The arian 'brotherhood?'

Yeah, they need their own counrry.

[grannie4peace]

3. i was just thinking about this case as i woke up this am. i wondered if

there had been any progress in stopping his murder. i prayed for mr. davis that God would take control over what was happening K&R for your cause!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rateyes]

4. k & r

[FourScore]

6. kick

[bdamomma]

7. done

[codjh9]

8. TX is horrible on this too. I was really waken up on this issue when I read a LONG article

in Atlantic Monthly several years ago talking about how many death row people had been exonerated since DNA testing has come about, how many poor people accused of murder and other serious crimes get crappy/drunk public 'defenders', etc.

[Baby Snooks]

60. Most of the South...

The disparity is to be found in most of the South. Minorities, particularly African-Americans, are automatically guilty. Just because they're minorities.

But Texas is apparently in a league of its own in terms of exonerating the innocent. The former Harris County District Attorney in one case stated he didn't care what the DNA said. He "knew" the man was guilty. Apparently he was "guilty" just because he was African-American. The former district attorney resigned after a "sex scandal" earlier this year but also after he was caught having committed perjury in a civil rights lawsuit that had been filed against the Harris County Sheriff's Department. Republicans of course don't commit perjury. They have bad memories. His excuse was he had a bad reaction to medication which affected his memory. Texas without doubt is the most corrupt state in the country and Harris County is still the most corrupt county in Texas.

It would be nice to think things will change in November but I doubt it. Republicans in Texas are like cockroaches. Very hard to get rid of once they've infested the house. Democrats running in some districts of late have claimed they work well with Republicans hoping to garner support from moderate Republicans. So far few of those Democrats have been elected. Republicans work better with each other. Although they do love the racist Democratic votes. There are lots of racist Democrats in Texas. There are very few if any Republicans who aren't racist.

God bless Jimmy Carter. But reality is that to quite a few people in this country, there is no such thing as an innocent minority. When they read about these cases, they all justify it on the basis that if the person didn't commit this particular murder, well, they probably did commit another murder so what's the difference? Just one less minority to have to deal with. Racism is still very much a reality in America.

But it's not always just a minority. Or just a poor white. It's anyone that the "good old boys" want to get rid of. Best way to shut someone up is ship them off to prison. Happens all the time. Particularly in Texas. And some of the "troublemakers" probably have ended up on death row. Set up by a corrupt system that protects itself at any cost.

The good old boys. Really not such good boys. Most of them sheer evil.

[Rainbowreflect]

9. K&R

[babydollhead]

10. done

[kaygore]

11. Sent protest--k & r

[slipslidingaway]

12. Done K&R n/t

[bertman]

13. RECOMMENDED. I signed the petition weeks ago. Thanks for the post.

[CADEMOCRAT7]

14. Sent this information to an attorney in Atlanta

Thank you for the post.

[spelldmilk]

15. signed and sent.

[Joe Chi Minh]

16. If they refuse a real examination of potentially exonerating evidence, those responsible

tried for murder, themselves. Perhaps, one day, they will.

[alarimer]

44. I wonder how well those jurors can sleep at night.

I hope they have permanent insomnia.

[Joe Chi Minh]

90. If I understand it correctly, it might not be the jurors' fault, but the fault of

a government legal officer subsequently.

I don't even disagree with the death penalty in principle. It's simply that this is yet another illustration of how profoundly degenerate the US has become.

An innocent man's execution is of no interest, and instead of an official execution, it becomes a murder of devilish malice by individuals of signal depravity. It seems that neither the law of the land, nor the most elementary natural justice impinges upon their consciousness. Darkness visible, murder most foul. And I believe I have read that it is not uncommon over there. It's not difficult to imagine the official responsible leading a lynching party.

[Pastiche423]

17. Signed!

[samuraiguppy]

18. thank goodness

there are people like Carter who care.

[Uncle Joe]

19. Thanks for the thread, whereismyparty.

There is no going back, if the state executes an innocent person, they're guilty of voluntary manslaughter at best and murder at worst.

Kicked and recommended.

[quiet.american]

20. K&R - email sent. nt

[readmoreoften]

21. Letter written to all. I promised them their names would be taught as the names of cowards.

They are hired by the people of the United States to pursue justice not to murder innocent citizens.

[BReisen]

22. Done n/t

[Willo]

23. Done - another link with more petitions

http://www.troyanthonydavis.org/call-to-action.html

[Dystopian]

24. Jimmy Carter and....

you.

Heartfelt thanks for posting this. You've opened many eyes.
I signed two petitions stating that I had a moral obligation to do so.
Now we all wait together....

peace~

[bear425]

25. k/r I signed the petition. I hope it will help. TY

[ElsewheresDaughter]

26. signed and called...thank you for your compassion

[eowyn_of_rohan]

27. This is hideous

I will sign , email, and call too. You are a good person.

[halobeam]

28. Done

Until your post, I didn't know there were more petitions other than Amnesty's petition. I had signed that one a while ago. Glad to do as much as I can. Thank you for more information.

[shireen]

29. a very distressing situation

I cannot believe these judges and politicians in Georgia are so callous. Sick bastards, what would they want if the tables were turned? We're dealing with a man's life!

SICK.

[unapatriciated]

30. Action taken

I read about this on line but did not see your earlier post. Thanks for the link to amnestyusa.

k&r

[NoSheep]

31. I have.

[BunkerHill24]

32. Thanks for the reminder.....Signed, Sealed and Sent.

[Fire1]

34. Where is Jesse and Al?

[OwnedByFerrets]

35. K and R

[debunkthelies]

36. K&R

:kick:

[DiamondKrosse]

37. thanks for Reagan, Jimmy

[shireen]

41. what?

Reagan conned and manipulated the electorate.

Reagan's campaign was in secret negotiations with Iranians so the hostages would be released on the day of his inauguration.

If you're going to make incendiary statements like that, back it up!

[DiamondKrosse]

43. Carter probably would have done himself better

had he not allowed the Sha into the US, which is what triggered the hostage crisis. He also should have tried to get his Fed chairman to take it easy with the interest rates

[dana_b]

38. k&r!!

[shireen]

39. Rachel just covered this story on her show.

THANK YOU, RACHEL.

[Seen the light]

40. SENATOR OBAMA HAS THE POWER TO STOP THIS

Use the bully pulpit of the campaign trail to demand that Davis has his life spared.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

42. Done!

KICK REC #105

[atjrpsych]

46. Also sent an email!

Horrible injustice! I wish I knew about this earlier, and would of passed this around to my friends to send emails.

[Th1onein]

47. Kicked and recommended!

Thank you for posting this.

[Birthday]

48. Sent a letter through the Amnesty site.

Thank you, Whereismyparty, for bringing this to our attention. Writing a letter should be at the top of everyone's list of things to do tonight.

[trickyguy]

49. Sent the message off as a show of support for Troy Davis.

:thumbsup:

[emlev]

50. FSRN asked people to telegraph the Supreme Court

Anybody know how to do that?

(FSRN is Free Speech Radio News)

The Supreme Court is scheduled to take up Troy Davis's case NEXT WEEK, as they're on vacation now. It's reportedly Clarence Thomas who would have to step in and take action before then. I guess he's 'on call.'

[Helga Scow Stern]

51. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Surely we must do whatever we can.

[Enthusiast]

52. I signed a petition and many

influential people have spoken out to prevent this breech of justice. Why would people want to execute an innocent man? I don't get it. Guilty of being black, I guess.

[clydefrand]

53. I have sent an email. I hope it will help.

[Top Cat]

54. Kick

[bullwinkle428]

55. Meanwhile, if and when the Rat Bastid was asked for a comment,

what are the odds that he'd come back with another mocking "PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!" :puke:

[pacalo]

56. Gladly done.

[southerncrone]

57. Justice is a dying concept in our country now.

K & R

There is not reason not to move the execution date until after the hearing. Anything else is diabolical.

[FlyingSquirrel]

58. I'll kick and rec, but I don't have much hope that it'll help any.

*sigh*

[Spiffarino]

59. I wrote them an email

I didn't use the canned one, but composed one from the heart. It boiled down to, "What's the rush? If he's guilty you'll get your chance later; if he's not guilty, then you won't be, either."

[banjosareunderrated]

61. Message sent to MI SDPAC, K&R n/t

[vanderBeth]

62. Done!

[upi402]

63. k/r n/t

[webDude]

64. k & R and emailed

[fortyfeetunder]

65. Does anyone know if the Innocence Project considered this case?

This is the law school group that evaluates death row inmates for possible missteps in judicial process....

I hope this man's life is spared.

I signed the petition.

[Name removed]

66. Deleted sub-thread

Sub-thread removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[leftrightwingnut]

67. Done.

[ClayZ]

68. K and R

[Lilyeye]

69. This is horrible!!!!

I didn't know about this until I watched Maddow tonight. I posted this on two other boards I visit and I signed the petitions. This man will be in my prayers.

[jeff30997]

70. K&R

That's a real nightmare!Someone being murdered by the state is already an abomination but if on top

of this you're innocent...its beyond my worst nightmares. :scared:


Edited to add this picture of Troy Davis,a human being not a statistic.




Edit #2: Signed petition.

[orleans]

71. rachel (or keith) talked about this on the monday show.

and the fucking supreme court agreed to hear the case six days after scheduled execution. omg! (recommended)

[jeff30997]

72. That is so logical and compassionate of them.

I think I'm going to be sick!

[alphafemale]

73. The state of GA made the date of exectution earlier so that SCOTUS would not hear the case.

This is going to be a wretched evening, I'm afraid.

[kmdemqueen]

74. I do not like the death penalty either

Since the the dawn of time people have been excutating people for varies reasons. And if i am say so some for very stupid reasons. Like take queen anne , who was marred to king henry the eight (NO I don't mean Paulsen) she was executed on trumped up charges of audra ry. In this day age it is time to be a little more civilized about. I just did a paper for school recently on the death penalty. it is surprising that some people dna has not come through and people for years spend there time on death row just to find out they were innocent the who time. The thing about poor legal representation was clearly demonstrated at the 1995 trial of O.J. simpson. while the rich can afford the best lawyers, and the poor(some are adequate0 can not afford the best there for my as well be defending themselves. This country has to change. I don't think any Europeans country still executes people. I pray for this man and i hope he Gert's a stay. because on Nov. 4th we will have a new president Barack Obama, and the king Executioner will be gone.

[kmdemqueen]

91. HE GOT A STAY!!!

http://www.cnn.com/index.aol.html



I just got an alert from Cnn. The Supremes up there stayed his excution for how long i don't know. But hopefully for at least four months.

[FourScore]

92. It's great news, isn't it? n/t

[jeff30997]

94. Thanks for the update kmdemqueen !

Very good news indeed.

I hope they overrule this awful verdict

and give him a REAL trial this time.

[OakCliffDem]

75. Kick

[searchingforlight]

76. Can't respond at work but I did sign the petition. Many others are probably in the same situation.

[WritersBlock]

77. Please check email address before sending

Don't send email to [e-mail] or it'll bounce with the message

"User Information ([e-mail]) not listed in public Name & Address Book"


Gee, wonder why it isn't....


On the other hand, I got this from the Georgia State Board of Pardons & Paroles website:



Telephone: [phone]

To send us comments or questions via E-Mail:

*

Questions regarding CURRENT Georgia Inmates ( Clemency Information ) (mailto:[e-mail])


(On edit, dunno where I got that "information" email address; I thought it was in the PDF, but looking again, it isn't. Anyway, the clemency_information one appears to be correct. Sorry for any confusion!)

[april]

78. Done!

[tomg]

79. sent. Thank you for the links. nt

[nyc 4 Biden]

80. more . . .

"... Former President Carter, former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr and Pope Benedict XVI, among others, have called on the state parole board to reduce Davis' sentence ... "


http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=5859783&page=1

[R. P. McMurphy]

81. k&r n/t

[TuxedoKat]

82. Signed the petition twice.

Just sent an email. Praying for him. I feel so helpless in these situations.

[Brewman_Jax]

83. Kick

this has been on the local news the past few days.

[Joe Chi Minh]

84. It was shocking, wasn't it? Still shocking, so few. It makes you wonder just how many on here

are trolls. And how many, self-interested, but no more.

[psychopomp]

85. Done

Took two minutes. :bounce:

[springbay]

86. ditto

[LynzM]

87. Email sent

The death penalty makes me ill, in all but the rarest of circumstances.

[Constance Craving]

88. Sent a message from the site

asking that ALL the evidence be examined. No one's fear or desire to be seen as decisive should trump justice.

[mother earth]

89. I just saw this now, and signed immediately. I hope it makes

an impact in time to save this man.

[defendandprotect]

93. DONE . . . but -- it's capital punishment which must be overturned -- not individual cases --

they're ALL questionable -- biased -- racist --- cruel --

degrading to all of humanity --

We've let the most violent and ignorant among us assume legal leadership/control --

Shall the violent inherit the earth -- ???