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Troy Anthony Davis, a quite possibly innocent man convicted of killing a cop, is sentenced to die in Georgia on Tuesday, September 23, 2008.  After his conviction, seven of the nine main witnesses against him changed their testimony, some saying they were pressured into testifying against him by the police.  One of the two remaining witnesses has been identified by several people as the actual killer.  There is no physical evidence linking Davis to the killing, the murder weapon hasn't been found, and Davis still asserts his innocence.

But because of changes made in the law, it's extremely difficult for a man wrongly convicted to get new evidence heard in the court.  And with the death penalty, a mistake, a horrible mistake, is irreversible.

There's one last chance for Troy Davis--the ACLU and other organizations have an effort to get the execution commuted or stayed.  You can help by emailing the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles at https://secure.aclu.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=906&page=UserAction&s_src=acluonline_919908&JServSessionIdr001=fmuaepz1j2.app23a  

You can read more at http://www.ajc.com/search/content/metro/stories/2008/09/12/davis_denied_clemency.html

You may also want to do a search for the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, which makes it much more difficult for a wrongly convicted person to receive justice.

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