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Jen Marlowe, Law Prof. Anne Emanuel, Troy Davis Execution Scheduled for 9-21-2011
UPDATE: Georgia Parole Board to review Troy Davis case on Monday September 19, 2011.
Contact them at:
Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles
2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, SE
Suite 458, Balcony Level, East Tower
Atlanta, Georgia 30334-4909.
TRT: 29:00
Produced by Dori Smith
Music by Fritz Heede
Download at Pacifica's Audioport or at Radio4all.net and Archive.org
Human Rights Activists Start Emergency Actions to Get Clemency for Troy Davis who has been on death row in Georgia since his 1989 arrest for the murder of a police officer. Davis has long insisted he is innocent, and the evidence has fallen apart over the years.
In just two weeks, on September 21, 2011, the State of Georgia plan to execute Davis despite the massive international support for his campaign to prove his innocence in the murder of officer Mark MacPhail.
We are joined by award winning filmmaker and author Jen Marlowe and Georgia State University Law Professor Anne Emanuel (bio here).
Books: Jen Marlowe is author of Darfur Diaries, Stories of Survival,about her travels to Northern Darfur and Eastern Chad, and The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian s Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker. Her award winning films include: Darfur Diaries, Message from Home, and Rebuilding Hope, which follows three Sudanese-American young men on their first homecoming trip back to Sudan, to discover whether their homes and families survived the civil war and to build a school, drill wells and bring medical supplies to their villages in Sudan. You can find her film series about Troy Davis on youtube.
According to Marlowe, the setting of a date sets into motion a series of steps that will hopefully lead to the granting of clemency by the State Board of Pardons and Parole. Activists have begun to gear up to fight yet another battle for Troy Davis, hoping it will not be the last. Davis has widespread support from individuals and rights groups like Amnesty International, and Joan Baez, former FBI Director William Sessions, former President Jimmy Carter, Pope Benedict XVI, Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Bob Barr, and judge William S. Sessions, in addition to many others.
Back in 2007 we spoke with the original prosecutor in the Davis case, and asked him whether or not he had conducted an investigation into Sylvester Redd Coles, who has become a person of suspicion to many who have been studying the case. Coles was at the scene of the murder, and had a gun of the same caliber as the one used to kill Officer McPhail. Yet Spencer Lawton told Talk Nation Radio that the fact that his attorney allowed him to go to the police station to discuss the murder on the day afterward, indicates his innocence. But did Coles have his attorney present when he went to the station? Jen Marlowe says no, and points out that Coles should have been investigated more fully because in his culture, being a snitch is thought of as something you do not do. Coles went to the police and fingered Troy Davis. Why would this case have been an exception for him?
Also, Marlowe discusses other comments made by Spencer Lawton who has claimed that none of the witnesses had tried to ('back up" at trial) recant earlier. Lawton has indicated that this seemed to him to indicate they were not credible in their recanting of testimony. Marlowe further clarifies the story of a witness who did try to correct the record during the trial. (We also mention that we found a recording of an appeal hearing where the Assistant DA David Lock, refers to witnesses who had tried to recant at trial: There were some witnesses that backed up a little bit at trial).
We were also able to reach Law Professor Anne Emanuel who teaches Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at Georgia State University school of law, and is author of a 2006 report on the death penalty in Georgia. She has said a verdict that is not ironclad is not good enough to support a death penalty and she is familiar with the Troy Davis Case. She discusses the fact that the DA's office insisted they had evidence, a bullet, which established guilt. Yet they withdrew it, leaving "no physical evidence". http://law.gsu.edu/directory/emanuel
Law Professor Anne Emanuel of Georgia State University, also served as Chair of the Georgia ABA Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Committee. The work culminated in the publication of Evaluating Fairness and Accuracy in State Death Penalty Systems, The Georgia Death Penalty Assessment Report. From 2004-06, she served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the College of Law.
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM JEN MARLOWE Dated Wednesday, September 7, 2011, 4:57 AM, which prompted our coverage:
Dear friends,
An execution warrant for Troy Davis has just been issued tonight. His execution is scheduled to take place on September 21.
We have known that an execution date for Troy was inevitable. An execution, however, is not. The Georgia Board of Pardons & Parole can still prevent this execution by granting clemency. We expect that a clemency hearing will be held in the days prior to the execution date and we remain hopeful that the board will do the right thing and grant Troy clemency.
Troy has been on death row for 20 years for the 1989 murder of police officer Mark MacPhail. Since his conviction, the case against him has completely fallen apart. There is no physical evidence linking Troy to the murder, 7/9 eyewitnesses have recanted or contradicted their testimony, and 1 of the remaining witnesses has been implicated as the actual shooter. There are scores of unresolved questions about what actually happened the night of the murder. Only one thing in the Troy Davis case is crystal clear: there is overwhelming doubt. And, in the words of GSU law professor Anne Emanuel, A verdict that is not ironclad is not good enough to support a death penalty.
For a more complete explanation of what exactly we mean when we say, there is too much doubt, please watch (and circulate) this video series, examining the case in-depth.
What you can do:
Sign the petition to the Georgia authorities asking them to grant Troy clemency and encourage others to do the same.
Attorneys, law professors: endorse a sign-on letter from legal professionals to the GA Board of Pardons & Parole. (non-lawyers: encourage friends who are legal professionals to endorse.)
Members of the clergy (all faiths): endorse a clergy sign-on letter to the GA Board of Pardons & Parole (non-clergy: encourage friends in the clergy to endorse.)
Work on organizing an event for the International Day of Solidarity for Troy Davis. (check back tomorrow at www.JusticeforTroy.org for the exact date.)
As GSU Law Professor Russ Covey said, âThe state of Georgia does not have to execute Troy Davis, and it should not execute Troy Davis.â
For the sake of justice, we can and must act now. Please check www.JusticeForTroy.org to keep up with latest developments.
In solidarity,
Jen Marlowe
__._,_.___
Jen Marlowe, Law Prof. Anne Emanuel, Troy Davis Execution Scheduled for 9-21-2011
UPDATE: Georgia Parole Board to review Troy Davis case on Monday September 19, 2011.
Contact them at:
Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles
2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, SE
Suite 458, Balcony Level, East Tower
Atlanta, Georgia 30334-4909.
TRT: 29:00
Produced by Dori Smith
Music by Fritz Heede
Download at Pacifica's Audioport or at Radio4all.net and Archive.org
Human Rights Activists Start Emergency Actions to Get Clemency for Troy Davis who has been on death row in Georgia since his 1989 arrest for the murder of a police officer. Davis has long insisted he is innocent, and the evidence has fallen apart over the years.
In just two weeks, on September 21, 2011, the State of Georgia plan to execute Davis despite the massive international support for his campaign to prove his innocence in the murder of officer Mark MacPhail.
We are joined by award winning filmmaker and author Jen Marlowe and Georgia State University Law Professor Anne Emanuel (bio here).
Books: Jen Marlowe is author of Darfur Diaries, Stories of Survival,about her travels to Northern Darfur and Eastern Chad, and The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian s Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker. Her award winning films include: Darfur Diaries, Message from Home, and Rebuilding Hope, which follows three Sudanese-American young men on their first homecoming trip back to Sudan, to discover whether their homes and families survived the civil war and to build a school, drill wells and bring medical supplies to their villages in Sudan. You can find her film series about Troy Davis on youtube.
According to Marlowe, the setting of a date sets into motion a series of steps that will hopefully lead to the granting of clemency by the State Board of Pardons and Parole. Activists have begun to gear up to fight yet another battle for Troy Davis, hoping it will not be the last. Davis has widespread support from individuals and rights groups like Amnesty International, and Joan Baez, former FBI Director William Sessions, former President Jimmy Carter, Pope Benedict XVI, Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Bob Barr, and judge William S. Sessions, in addition to many others.
Back in 2007 we spoke with the original prosecutor in the Davis case, and asked him whether or not he had conducted an investigation into Sylvester Redd Coles, who has become a person of suspicion to many who have been studying the case. Coles was at the scene of the murder, and had a gun of the same caliber as the one used to kill Officer McPhail. Yet Spencer Lawton told Talk Nation Radio that the fact that his attorney allowed him to go to the police station to discuss the murder on the day afterward, indicates his innocence. But did Coles have his attorney present when he went to the station? Jen Marlowe says no, and points out that Coles should have been investigated more fully because in his culture, being a snitch is thought of as something you do not do. Coles went to the police and fingered Troy Davis. Why would this case have been an exception for him?
Also, Marlowe discusses other comments made by Spencer Lawton who has claimed that none of the witnesses had tried to ('back up" at trial) recant earlier. Lawton has indicated that this seemed to him to indicate they were not credible in their recanting of testimony. Marlowe further clarifies the story of a witness who did try to correct the record during the trial. (We also mention that we found a recording of an appeal hearing where the Assistant DA David Lock, refers to witnesses who had tried to recant at trial: There were some witnesses that backed up a little bit at trial).
We were also able to reach Law Professor Anne Emanuel who teaches Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at Georgia State University school of law, and is author of a 2006 report on the death penalty in Georgia. She has said a verdict that is not ironclad is not good enough to support a death penalty and she is familiar with the Troy Davis Case. She discusses the fact that the DA's office insisted they had evidence, a bullet, which established guilt. Yet they withdrew it, leaving "no physical evidence". http://law.gsu.edu/directory/emanuel
Law Professor Anne Emanuel of Georgia State University, also served as Chair of the Georgia ABA Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Committee. The work culminated in the publication of Evaluating Fairness and Accuracy in State Death Penalty Systems, The Georgia Death Penalty Assessment Report. From 2004-06, she served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the College of Law.
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM JEN MARLOWE Dated Wednesday, September 7, 2011, 4:57 AM, which prompted our coverage:
Dear friends,
An execution warrant for Troy Davis has just been issued tonight. His execution is scheduled to take place on September 21.
We have known that an execution date for Troy was inevitable. An execution, however, is not. The Georgia Board of Pardons & Parole can still prevent this execution by granting clemency. We expect that a clemency hearing will be held in the days prior to the execution date and we remain hopeful that the board will do the right thing and grant Troy clemency.
Troy has been on death row for 20 years for the 1989 murder of police officer Mark MacPhail. Since his conviction, the case against him has completely fallen apart. There is no physical evidence linking Troy to the murder, 7/9 eyewitnesses have recanted or contradicted their testimony, and 1 of the remaining witnesses has been implicated as the actual shooter. There are scores of unresolved questions about what actually happened the night of the murder. Only one thing in the Troy Davis case is crystal clear: there is overwhelming doubt. And, in the words of GSU law professor Anne Emanuel, A verdict that is not ironclad is not good enough to support a death penalty.
For a more complete explanation of what exactly we mean when we say, there is too much doubt, please watch (and circulate) this video series, examining the case in-depth.
What you can do:
Sign the petition to the Georgia authorities asking them to grant Troy clemency and encourage others to do the same.
Attorneys, law professors: endorse a sign-on letter from legal professionals to the GA Board of Pardons & Parole. (non-lawyers: encourage friends who are legal professionals to endorse.)
Members of the clergy (all faiths): endorse a clergy sign-on letter to the GA Board of Pardons & Parole (non-clergy: encourage friends in the clergy to endorse.)
Work on organizing an event for the International Day of Solidarity for Troy Davis. (check back tomorrow at www.JusticeforTroy.org for the exact date.)
As GSU Law Professor Russ Covey said, âThe state of Georgia does not have to execute Troy Davis, and it should not execute Troy Davis.â
For the sake of justice, we can and must act now. Please check www.JusticeForTroy.org to keep up with latest developments.
In solidarity,
Jen Marlowe
__._,_.___
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