Viewing Single Post From: TROY DAVIS TO DIE, BY ONE VOTE

Viewing Single Post From: TROY DAVIS TO DIE, BY ONE VOTE
Sydney Carton	Apr 18 2009, 12:55 PM
Posts: 618 Group: Tier1 Member #62 Joined: Apr 28, 2008	Yes,the Court ruled 2-1 yesterday(Orthodox Good Friday) on technical(not factual)grounds that it will not give Troy Davis an evidentiary hearing.He therefore dies unless the Supreme Court acts on his behalf within the next thirty days. We pointed out at the time of the oral pleadings that the Court was obviously split one to one before the case was ever heard everything depended on that third judge. Well, the man has obviously agonized over this.It has taken him several months to come down on the side of a decision which means death but like the decision of Pontius Pilate completely sweeps aside all question of guilt or innocence. We will be printing links to the decision as soon as it is available. Davis is known to have one or more supporters on the Supreme Court but he/they failed to get him a hearing the last time and may again. If this last appeal fails I hope that everyone left here will adopt the same approach that we adopted in the Duke case and absolutely deluge the President ,the Governor,and the Department of Justice with demands for a full scale evidentiary investigation. However,remember the history of the Scottsboro and the Trenton Six cases and be most circumspect if ask to donate any cash.Some very bad people utilize just causes with very bad intentions. Davis ought not be allowed to die because of the cynical character of certain of his defenders.
Posts: 618 Group: Tier1 Member #62 Joined: Apr 28, 2008

TROY DAVIS TO DIE, BY ONE VOTE · DUKE LACROSSE - Liestoppers