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We are going to kill you, not really, Yes we are, No we're not .. (Troy Davis)

MTV have a thing on it, twitter's going nuts. I think some hip-hoppers are organising a march to the prison
 
There is one final hope. The supreme court has still to make its final decision. Fuck, over 20 years on death row and then they execute him. By any standard that is fucking cruel and inhuman punishment.
 
Metal Malcolm said:
Wiki also says that a majority of the jury were black. I'm not suggesting there isn't a racial element, but I don't think it's as clear cut as that.
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Are you saying something about black jurors? :confused:

I was merely alluding to the disproportionate execution of non-whites in the US. :)
 
Is this the guy I was hearing about on R4 the other day, who had evidence testified against him that he was more likely to reoffend because he's black, or is that someone else?
 
Corax said:
Is this the guy I was hearing about on R4 the other day, who had evidence testified against him that he was more likely to reoffend because he's black, or is that someone else?
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That was someone else I think - Duane Beck?

DexterTCN said:
Are you saying something about black jurors?
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No, it was that my initial assumption upon hearing about the case was that, as with Duane Beck, his race played a part in the conviction, whereas from what I can see about this case it's more that he was in the wrong place at the wrong time and seems to have possibly been convicted because someone else (who others have now accused of being the murdered) dropped him in it. His race may play a part in the fact he's facing the death penalty, and the fact that his appeals haven't worked, but I think a white man in the same situation would still have been convicted.
 
Metal Malcolm said:
No, it was that my initial assumption upon hearing about the case was that, as with Duane Beck, his race played a part in the conviction, whereas from what I can see about this case it's more that he was in the wrong place at the wrong time and seems to have possibly been convicted because someone else (who others have now accused of being the murdered) dropped him in it. His race may play a part in the fact he's facing the death penalty, and the fact that his appeals haven't worked, but I think a white man in the same situation would still have been convicted.
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Yes, a white man may well have been convicted. But the reason Troy Davis is about to die is because he is black.
 
President wouldn't be able to intervene unless his civil rights were compromised, as distinct from his human rights.
 
I can quite imagine anyone who has empathy with this guy's plight will be feeling pretty powerless right now, the opportunity for individual punters to make a contribution has passed and events now have their own momentum. I recall a couple of christmasses ago I was involved in trying to prevent the execution of a Briton in China, I did everything I could - pitiful though it was - but they executed him.
 
I think the supreme court must have stepped in... lots of cheering...
 
Not been executed, but 'no evidence of a stay'...

ETA: Someone who was on the phone to his lawyers says they said there is no stay as yet.
 
No stay. WTF? How can anyone think this is the behaviour of a judicial system with any shred of humanity or justice within it. What a fucked up place the USA is.
 
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