The Clippings: Thousands show support for Troy Davis – CBS Atlanta 46 | How to Help in Georgia Execution Case Full of Doubt
Davis is set to be executed at 7 p.m. on Sept. 21 for the 1989 murder of Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail.
Amnesty International, New Order National Human Rights Organization, Pres. Jimmy Carter, Al Sharpton, POPE Benedict XVI, Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu, Congressman Bob Barr, Judge William S. Sessions, NAACP, Judge Rosemary Barkett, Congressman John Lewis & Congressman Hank Johnson, singer-songwriter Cee Lo Green, and others are in support of Davis getting a fresh trial with new evidence.
Amnesty International, the NAACP and other organizations are planning to deliver hundreds of thousands of letters and petition signatures to the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles Thursday at 10:30 a.m.
New Order National Human Rights Organization will hold a press conference September 16 at 2 p.m. at the Jimmy Carter Historic Site located on Freedom Parkway to show support for Davis.
Also on Friday, more than a thousand people are expected to participate in a 6:00 p.m. march from Atlanta’s Woodruff Park, led by death row exonerees and the national leaders of AIUSA and NAACP.
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Why is it that he cannot get another trial? We're not asking for him to just be set free, although that action would be appreciated. What is really behind this scandal?
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