I have little or no sympathy for criminals but this Troy Davis case

[quinnox]

has me convinced that the sentence should have been commuted to life in prison while the courts took a longer look at the evidence.

I mean, come on, many witnesses' recant their testimony and the courts don't give it a second thought, and just say no he is guilty. That stinks.

Now, I'll be the first to say maybe he was guilty. It's possible. But its also possible he was innocent. The only one who knew for sure was Mr. Davis himself. I don't know what the truth is. But the point is with this much doubt raised he should have gotten a life sentence with no parole and then if new evidence turned up that did prove him innocent, he would still be around to benefit from it.

And this is coming from someone, as I said, who is usually very hard on criminals and their sentences. Normally I'm a tough SOB on these creeps in prison, with little to no sympathy for them. But a case like this should give anyone pause to re-examine the evidence.

[rurallib]

1. What amazed me is that at no point did he get a new trial

I am no lawyer, but holy cow - the way the witnesses recanted etc.
I would have thought that at some point a higher court would have said at least take another look.

[dkf]

2. They should have at least reexamined the ballistic evidence.

For some reason they seem to have been precluded from doing so.

[Ineeda]

3. One other person knows for sure

that Troy Davis was innocent, if he was: The person who did it and is walking the streets, a free man.