TODAY //Stop the execution of Troy Davis! Philadelphia, 9/16/11

[John Leslie]

Temple Univ  at the Bell Tower from 1-3 PM

 

City Hall west side at 4:30 pm

 

If you can go to one, please do. If you can come to both- even better.

 

PLEASE FORWARD

 

The State of Georgia is about to execute an innocent man!

 

Stop the execution of Troy Davis!

End the racist death penalty!

 

Protest: Friday September 16,

4:30-6 PM

West Side of City Hall, Philadelphia

 

The State of Georgia has issued a death warrant for Troy Davis for September 21.

 

From the Troy Davis defense web site:

"Troy Davis is on death row for the 1989 murder of police officer, Mark MacPhail in Savannah, GA. Troy has always maintained his innocence, and there was never any physical evidence linking him to the crime. 7 out of the 9 non-police witnesses  have since recanted or changed their testimony. New witnesses have come forth identifying another suspect. Yet, on March 28, the US Supreme Court denied Troy's final appeal, clearing the way for Georgia to set the execution date. Troy's sister, Martina, said her mother "died of a broken heart. I don't think my mother could have taken another execution date."

 

Here's what Amnesty International has to say:

"Troy Davis was convicted of murder in 1991. Nearly two decades later, Davis remains on death row — even though the case against him has fallen apart."

 

SIGN THE PETITION: http://www.iacenter.org/troydavis/

 

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For more information or to endorse this protest: stoptheex...@gmail.com

 

Sponsored by: Askia Coalition Against Police Brutality, Avenging the Ancestors Coalition (ATAC), Brandywine Peace Community, Catholic Peace Fellowship, Every Mother is a Working Mother Network, Global Women's Strike, National Lawyers Guild of Philadelphia,  Payday Men's Network, PA American Civil Liberties Union, Philadelphia Chapter of Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, Phila. ANSWER Coal, Phila. International Action Center,  Phila. Regional Antiwar Network (PRAWN), Phila. Party for Socialism & Liberation, International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu Jamal, Friends of MOVE, International Socialist Organization, Socialist Action, Solidarity, Temple Students for Justice in Palestine, Workers World Party,  Women of Color in the Global Women's Strike