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Countdown to executing Troy Davis has entered the final hours. A campaign to spare his life drew support from former US president Jimmy Carter and Pope Benedict XVI, helping him escape three previous dates with death in a racially-charged case. There was no physical evidence tying Davis, then 20, to the shooting and several witnesses at his trial later recanted their testimony. In the letter made public by Amnesty International USA, Davis insisted the campaign continues saying: "This struggle is for all the Troy Davises who came before me and all the ones who will come after me. I'm in good spirits and I'm prayerful and at peace. But I will not stop fighting until I've taken my last breath." Davis didn't want a last meal. He planned to spend his final hours meeting with friends, family and supporters. According to an advocate who met with him late Tuesday, he was upbeat, prayerful and expected last-minute wrangling by attorneys.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/georgia-inmate-polygraph-execution-14569626
It is an all too familiar story. Three teens found themselves sentenced to life for three murders they were innocent of but then spent eighteen years on death row, under threat of lethal injection.
CBS has a video of their story - The West Memphis 3: Free (they were reprieved) at http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7381432n&tag=mg;mostpopvideo
for Troy Davis however, time 'is running out' despite strong evidence that Troy Davis is innocent http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2011/09/21/nr-troy-davis-quianna-glover.cnn
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/audio/2011/sep/21/troy-davis-recording?intcmp=239
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/georgia-inmate-polygraph-execution-14569626
It is an all too familiar story. Three teens found themselves sentenced to life for three murders they were innocent of but then spent eighteen years on death row, under threat of lethal injection.
CBS has a video of their story - The West Memphis 3: Free (they were reprieved) at http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7381432n&tag=mg;mostpopvideo
for Troy Davis however, time 'is running out' despite strong evidence that Troy Davis is innocent http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2011/09/21/nr-troy-davis-quianna-glover.cnn
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/audio/2011/sep/21/troy-davis-recording?intcmp=239
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