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Troy Davis, family, friends

 Please call the office of Larry Chisolm, the District Attorney for Chatham County, GA, today at 912-652-7308 and ask that he reopen Troy Davis' case. Please keep trying, as they seem to be inundated with calls. If you have friends or family members in Georgia, ask them to call and identify themselves as Georgia residents. But all calls are helpful. 

 Also please check this website on Friday or Monday for news of a possible decision by the United States Supreme Court about Troy's case. (Some of us will actually be at the Fast and Vigil outside the Supreme Court and should hear about it quickly!)

Troy Davis is on death row in Georgia for  the 1989 murder of police officer Mark Allen MacPhail, a murder he almost certainly did not commit. (Click here for Amnesty International's detailed report about the case.) There was no evidence linking him to the murder, and the gun that killed officer MacPhail was never found. Troy Davis was convicted solely on the testimony of nine witnesses. One of the witnesses, Sylvester Coles, was a suspect in the case. Most of the others were 15 or 16 years old when they testified against Troy. Seven of those nine witnesses have since withdrawn their testimony. handprint1

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Does Innocence Matter?

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Help New Mexico Abolish the Death Penalty

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Greetings From New Mexico!

Earlier today, Friday, March 13, 2009, the New Mexico Senate voted 24-18 to repeal the death penalty in New Mexico and replace it with a sentence of life in prison without possibility of parole. House Bill 285 passed the house last month and now goes to Gov. Bill Richardson for his signature. 
Last Updated on Saturday, 09 May 2009 21:07 Read more...
 

NO MORE DEATH PENALTY IN NEW MEXICO

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Today, March 18, 2009, is Death Penalty Abolition Day in New Mexico! Just minutes ago, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson signed into law the bill to repeal the death penalty in that state.  New Mexico has become the second state since 1965 to legislatively abolish the death penalty.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 March 2009 23:15 Read more...
 


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