The Eyes of the World are on Georgia
Today the Georgia Board of Parole and Clemency met to consider the fate of Troy Davis who is scheduled to be executed Wednesday September 21. Appeals for Davis’ life have come from the expected and unexpected sources, Bianca Jagger and Reagan appointed FBI chief William Sessions have joined the chorus of famous and little known voices calling for a halt to the execution. Click here for article.
#TooMuchDoubt has become a popular twitter topic, demonstrations were held in dozens of cities over the weekend and several thousand people marched in Georgia. Civil rights icon John Lewis appealed directly to the Georgia Board of Parole. Former president Jimmy Carter and South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu are among the 638,000 people who have signed appeals asking the Board to grant clemency. Click here to read more.
The digital campaign to save Davis has become immense with supporters posting his photo as their Facebook profile, uploading videos by his mother and sister to their pages and, asking their friends to sign online petitions. As I write this, the board has not yet rendered a decision, and CNN points out that the Board has never reversed itself in its 33 year history.
But I remain cautiously optimistic, that although the moral arc of the universe is long in this case it will bend towards justice.
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