As far as organisations and institutions go, there is none more brutal nor causes more deaths than the state. With it endless wars killing millions across the globe, all sanctioned as legal by the state apparatus. Then there are the thousands of executions that go on a daily basis, legalised killing by an organisation that attempts to weild supreme power over everybody. Innocent or guilty, no man has the right to take another man's life and it is just men that order and carry out the killing. It may get all dressed up in the trappings of power, ritual and ceremony, but at the end of the day it is just other men killing other men. This mythical thing the state, becomes more powerful than the people it is meant to serve. There is no place for legal murder in any civilised society.
Act
NOW to STOP THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS!
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EMERGENCY: EXECUTION SET FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21.
ACT NOW!
Take Action on the Global Day of Solidarity for Troy Davis, Friday, Sept.
16.
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SIGN ONLINE PETITION AT iacenter.org/troydavis
All anti-death penalty activists in the U.S. and worldwide should
prepare NOW to organize coordinated actions on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER
16.
Plan an activity - a rally, demonstration, petitioning drive,
teach-in, community leafletting, etc on that day in your city.
In ATLANTA, at 6pm on September
16th there will be a March assembling at Woodruff Park, Peachtree and Edgewood
and concluding at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 407 Auburn Ave with a service
featuring national civil rights, community and religious leaders, Martina
Correia and other family members of Troy Davis,and exonerated prisoners.
NEW YORK CITY:
ALL OUT FOR EMERGENCY DEMO
FRIDAY SEPT 16 4:30- 6 PM
TIMES SQUARE, 43rd ST AND 7th
AVE.
STOP THE EXECUTION OF TROY
DAVIS
Other important dates:
Thursday, Sept. 15: delivery of petitions to the
Georgia Pardon and Parole Board;
Monday, Sept. 19: hearing on clemency for Troy
Davis by Georgia Pardon and Parole Board
For more information on the campaign, go to
www.aiusa.org or gfadp.org
On March 28, 2011, the US Supreme Court failed to take up the appeal
of Troy Davis. AND NOW HIS EXECUTION HAS BEEN SET FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER
21.
TELL THE GEORGIA GOV., LEGISLATURE, PARDONS
AND PAROLE BOARD, PRESIDENT OBAMA, ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER, CONGRESS AND THE
MEDIA:
STOP THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS!
Please join the online campaign
to STOP THE EXECUTION! FREE TROY DAVIS NOW!
YOUR
EMERGENCY ACTION IS NEEDED NOW! Click HERE to Sign the Online
Petition
Tell Gov. Deal and the Georgia Pardons and
Parole Board:
STOP THE EXECUTION! FREE TROY
DAVIS!
On March 28, 2011, the US Supreme Court failed to
take up the appeal of Troy Anthony Davis, the Savannah, Ga. man whose scheduled
execution has been halted three times in the past because of the growing
evidence and public belief in his innocence. AND NOW HIS EXECUTION HAS BEEN SET
FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21.
Troy Davis is an African American on death row in
Georgia. Davis was convicted in the 1989 killing of a police officer despite
what Amnesty International calls "overwhelming doubts about his guilt." No
physical forensic evidence was presented at Davis' trial, and 7 of the 9
non-police witnesses have recanted their testimony, with at least two saying
they were pressured by police to finger Davis as the killer.
CLICK
HERE TO TAKE ACTION NOW to let the Georgia Parole Board, Governor,
Legislature, and congressional delegation as well as President Obama, U.N.
Secretary-General Ban, Congressional leaders and members of the media know you
demand No Execution of Troy Davis!
Your messages will go to hundreds of public
officials, including the Governor of Georgia, the entire Georgia legislature,
each member of the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles, the full Georgia
Congressional delegation, as well as President Obama, Attorney General Holder,
Congressional leaders, U.N. Secretary-General Ban, and national and local media
representatives.
SIGN ONLINE PETITION AT iacenter.org/troydavis
The text of the
message reads as follows (you will have the opportunity to edit it if you
wish):
To: Governor Deal, Georgia Pardons and Parole Board,
Georgia Legislature, Georgia Congressional Delegation, President Obama,
Attorney General Holder, Congressional Leaders, U.N. Secretary General
Ban
cc: members of the media
STOP THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS,
NOW SET FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21!
On March 28, 2011, the US Supreme
Court failed to take up the appeal of Troy Anthony Davis, the Savannah, Ga. man
whose scheduled execution has been halted three times in the past because of the
growing evidence and public belief in his innocence. He was convicted solely on
eye witness testimony, and 7 of the 9 non-police witnesses have since recanted,
several alleging that police coerced them into making false
statements.
I join with millions in the US and around the world in
demanding that you stop the execution of Troy Davis. Serious doubt remains. I
call on all those with authority and influence in this decision to grant
clemency to Troy Anthony Davis and overturn the death
sentence.
Innocence matters to me. Justice matters to
everyone.
I urge you to act now.
Sincerely,
SIGN
ONLINE PETITION AT iacenter.org/troydavis
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