EMERGENCY RALLY TO SAVE TROY DAVIS!!!! tomorrow!!!!

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Latest: Execution Date Scheduled; Clemency Denied

THURSDAY IN ATLANTA.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE TURN OUT!!! AND PLEASE DO ACTIONS MENTIONED BELOW!!!!

i beg of you....


latest email on this:

friends

we will be gathering at Woodruff Park (near the gazeebo, which is near
the intersection of Edgewood and Peachtree st.) at 6pm

we will have a short bit of rallying while people assemble

then we will march down Auburn Ave. to Ebenezer Baptist Church (407
Auburn Ave, 30312)

we're working on a street closures, but short of that, this will be a
sidewalk march, guided with marshalls.

the march will end inside Ebenezer Baptist Church's sanctuary, where we
will be welcomed by Dr. Warnock. There will be an interfaith prayer and
then a send off.

Marta would be a good option for transportation. Woodruff Park is very
close to the Five Points and Peachtree Center stations. And
King/Memorial is the closest stop to Ebenezer.

there is parking near the King Historic Site and behind the new
Ebenezer Church (access from John Wesley Dobbs (between Jackson and
Boulevard).

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previous two emails:

GFADP will be sponsoring this event. please join us and help us spread
the word!

you can download a flyer or handbill:
http://www.gfadp.org/TakingAction/TroyDavis/tabid/68/Default.aspx

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EMERGENCY RALLY/MARCH TO SAVE TROY DAVIS!

This Thursday (Sept. 18) at 6pm

Meet: Edgewood Ave. and Peachtree St.

No physical evidence. No murder weapon. Another man implicated.
Add your voice to prevent the execution!

Please sign the petition and take other action!:
http://www.gfadp.org/TakingAction/TroyDavis/tabid/68/Default.aspx

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Subject: Innocence Matters Rally for Troy

We'll meet at Five Points, (Peachtree & Edgewood), Atlanta, GA at 6 p.m.
We need a huge crowd! At the last rally, we had 850 Troy supporters! Let's
double that this time. Bring friends. See you there.

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Background
http://www.gfadp.org/TakingAction/TroyDavis/tabid/68/Default.aspx

(Updated 9/13/2008)

Latest: Execution Date Scheduled; Clemency Denied

The Superior Court of Chatham County issued an execution warrant on Sept. 3, 2008. The Department of Corrections then scheduled the execution date for Sept. 23 at 7pm.

The State Board of Pardons and Paroles held a clemency hearing on Sept. 12. Shortly after the end of the hearing, just before 5pm on the 12th, they denied clemency. This decision was stunning, baffling and disappointing in light of the overwhelming doubts in Davis's case that have surfaced since his conviction in 1991.

Davis has filed an appeal before the US Supreme Court (filed in July). The court is in recess, but will reconvene on Sept. 29. Shockingly, the Superior Court of Chatham County did not wait for the US Supreme Court to say whether it would take Davis’s final appeal! This appeal (petition of certiori) was to the denial of Davis’s extraordinary motion for a new trial last year, filed with Chatham County and unsuccessfully appealed to the Georgia Supreme Court this past March.

We are bewildered by the Parole Board's decision as they had stated last year that innocence does matter and had initially demonstrated concern about the new evidence. The appeal courts have so far been incredibly dismissive of the new evidence. They have ruled that procedure and finality are more important than the protection of the innocent (e.g. Herrera v. Collins - US Supreme Court).

In Georgia, the Parole Board has executive clemency power, not the governor. They are the body that can stop the scheduled execution. They have the unfettered ability to step un at any point now up to the scheduled execution time. They can still step in even after their decision on Friday to deny clemency - a hearing is not necessarily needed.


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PLEASE GEORGIANS, PLEASE TURN OUT!!!

THANK YOU!!


peace

[Iris]

1. How did this go? Is there any news on this?

[JeanGrey]

2. It's been denied