URGENT: Troy Davis - new sign-on letter
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Debbie Shew
Sep 16, 2008, 2:29:59 PM9/16/08
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A new clergy letter re: Troy Davis case. I have already asked them to keep both our bishops' and my signature on it, carried over from last week's. But please share widely with other clergy you know and/or add your own name to this new one. For lay people receiving this, there is also a petition on the Amnesty International site, as well as a template for a letter if you have a few moments to send one and/or to personalize a template. Email message ready to send w/ just a couple of clicks.
Thank you for any amount of time you can give on this. It's truly a sad day in Georgia if Troy's death goes through.
Debbie Shew
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The Rev. Canon Debra Metzgar Shew
Canon for Community Ministries
Director, Episcopal Charities Foundation
The Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
2744 Peachtree Rd. NW
Atlanta, GA 30305
Phone: 404-601-5320 x. 110
Fax: 404-601-5330
Toll-free: 800-537-6743
ds...@episcopalatlanta.org
www.episcopalatlanta.org
Thank you for any amount of time you can give on this. It's truly a sad day in Georgia if Troy's death goes through.
Debbie Shew
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From: Laura Moye <lm...@aiusa.org>
Date: Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 12:52 PM
Subject: URGENT: Troy Davis - new sign-on letter
To:
Friends
thanks for signing the clergy letter on behalf of Troy Davis.
as you know, we learned the terrible news Friday, Sept. 12 that the Parole Board denied clemency to Troy Davis. However, we have not given up this critical cause! We ask that you lend us your voice and your name once more to this new letter requesting that they reconsider their decision. All things are possible!
If you would like to be included in this public letter, please simply reply to this email with your name, title, affiliation, city, state and country where you reside.
Thank you very much for your on-going support!
Peace
Laura Moye
Deputy Director
Amnesty International USA
Southern Regional Office
Lm...@aiusa.org
Georgia State Board of Pardons & Paroles
2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, SE
Suite 458, Balcony Level, East Tower
Atlanta, GA 30334
Dear Chairperson Buckner and Members of the Board:
We, the undersigned, acknowledge the gravity with which the board makes clemency decisions. We appreciate the time spent by the board to examine the case of Troy Davis.
We welcomed your decision to stay the execution of Troy Davis in July 2007. When you issued that decision, you stated that the Board "will not allow an execution to proceed in this State unless and until its members are convinced that there is no doubt as to the guilt of the accused." Over 200,000 people from Georgia and around the world shared your concern about putting a potentially innocent man to death, and asked that you grant clemency in letters, petitions, and emails.
As signatories to this letter, we share their concerns and were bewildered and disappointed by your decision to deny clemency on September 12. We recognize that you can revisit this decision at any time between now and September 23rd. We humbly urge you to do so.
We firmly believe that the doubts plaguing Davis's case have not been adequately addressed; this case has shaken the confidence of people in the justice system and Davis's execution would engender an even more profound reaction. The public confidence and integrity of justice in Georgia is at stake in this case, and we urge you to reconsider your September 12th decision and stop the execution of Troy Davis.
Once a person is put to death there is no opportunity to revisit the decision. There can be no posthumous clemency. However, the power of clemency still resides in your hands and you have the capacity to halt this execution now. Commuting Davis' sentence would surely allay people's fears that Georgia is on the verge of executing a potentially innocent man.
Thank you for considering our request.
Respectfully,
From: Laura Moye <lm...@aiusa.org>
Date: Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 12:52 PM
Subject: URGENT: Troy Davis - new sign-on letter
To:
Friends
thanks for signing the clergy letter on behalf of Troy Davis.
as you know, we learned the terrible news Friday, Sept. 12 that the Parole Board denied clemency to Troy Davis. However, we have not given up this critical cause! We ask that you lend us your voice and your name once more to this new letter requesting that they reconsider their decision. All things are possible!
If you would like to be included in this public letter, please simply reply to this email with your name, title, affiliation, city, state and country where you reside.
Thank you very much for your on-going support!
Peace
Laura Moye
Deputy Director
Amnesty International USA
Southern Regional Office
Lm...@aiusa.org
Georgia State Board of Pardons & Paroles
2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, SE
Suite 458, Balcony Level, East Tower
Atlanta, GA 30334
Dear Chairperson Buckner and Members of the Board:
We, the undersigned, acknowledge the gravity with which the board makes clemency decisions. We appreciate the time spent by the board to examine the case of Troy Davis.
We welcomed your decision to stay the execution of Troy Davis in July 2007. When you issued that decision, you stated that the Board "will not allow an execution to proceed in this State unless and until its members are convinced that there is no doubt as to the guilt of the accused." Over 200,000 people from Georgia and around the world shared your concern about putting a potentially innocent man to death, and asked that you grant clemency in letters, petitions, and emails.
As signatories to this letter, we share their concerns and were bewildered and disappointed by your decision to deny clemency on September 12. We recognize that you can revisit this decision at any time between now and September 23rd. We humbly urge you to do so.
We firmly believe that the doubts plaguing Davis's case have not been adequately addressed; this case has shaken the confidence of people in the justice system and Davis's execution would engender an even more profound reaction. The public confidence and integrity of justice in Georgia is at stake in this case, and we urge you to reconsider your September 12th decision and stop the execution of Troy Davis.
Once a person is put to death there is no opportunity to revisit the decision. There can be no posthumous clemency. However, the power of clemency still resides in your hands and you have the capacity to halt this execution now. Commuting Davis' sentence would surely allay people's fears that Georgia is on the verge of executing a potentially innocent man.
Thank you for considering our request.
Respectfully,
--
The Rev. Canon Debra Metzgar Shew
Canon for Community Ministries
Director, Episcopal Charities Foundation
The Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
2744 Peachtree Rd. NW
Atlanta, GA 30305
Phone: 404-601-5320 x. 110
Fax: 404-601-5330
Toll-free: 800-537-6743
ds...@episcopalatlanta.org
www.episcopalatlanta.org
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