tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187822.post3522741566914933013..comments2023-10-16T12:15:33.735-04:00Comments on Abolish the Death Penalty: Revisiting the case of Troy Anthony Davisabe@abolition.orghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17673303302445527734noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187822.post-23952858856917217952007-06-20T19:22:00.000-04:002007-06-20T19:22:00.000-04:00VICTIMSLet us not forget ALL the victims in death ...VICTIMS<BR/>Let us not forget ALL the victims in death penalty cases. I feel that as if I am one of them, my name is Sedley David Alley and my father was executed by the state of Tennessee, so please when everybody is discussing victims least not forget the condemed’s family. I grew up without a mother or a father, even though my father may have done unspeakable things to good poeple, I miss him, and hurt everyday for the loss of family members, you know growing up my father stayed in contact with me, the whole time he wrote letters with love and sent them seeking my forgiveness, I forgave him along time ago and we began building a relationship, this was recently torn from me and has helped make me relize the goodness and hate of this world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187822.post-89664358548190788502007-06-09T14:57:00.000-04:002007-06-09T14:57:00.000-04:0016 Nobel Prize Laureates Appeal to the Italian Gov...16 Nobel Prize Laureates Appeal to the Italian Government with a urgent and immediate goal: ensuring the resolution for the universal moratorium is presented to the current General Assembly, despite new international events that might in fact jeopardise it.<BR/>Sign online here: http://www.radicalparty.org/moratoriumnow/form.php?lang=en<BR/>At midnight on April 16, Marco Pannella's non-violent initiative (that started on March 21) turned into an indefinite hunger strike. Sergio D'Elia, Valter Vecellio, Guido Biancardi, Lucio Bertè and Claudia Sterzi are also joining the fight in such an important phase. Our goal is to prevent the universal moratorium on the death penalty from being postponed to next year, as has happened for the past 13 years.<BR/>This fight is absolutely necessary and very urgent, as the moratorium is on the verge of being jeopardised, even abandoned. The moratorium is an objective very dear to the Radicals, especially Hands Off Cain and the Transnational Radical Party. The moratorium was initially embraced by the Italian Parliament. Later, a solemn commitment was made by the Italian Government on January 2, 2007, which was then supported by the European Parliament as well, and with an extraordinary majority.<BR/>Parliaments, Governments and a strong popular opinion were all moved into action by the "scandalous" execution of Saddam Hussein. The urgent and immediate goal: ensuring the resolution for the universal moratorium is presented to the current General Assembly, despite new international events that might in fact jeopardise it.<BR/>This is what is being discussed on a daily basis. Errors and delays have certainly taken place but it is still possible that they can be overcome and the moratorium will finally be achieved.<BR/>The alternative to our non-violent initiative is to accept yet another indefinite postponement, or a betrayal such as the one we received in 1999. We were recently reminded of this episode by Francesco Paolo Fulci, the influential Italian Ambassador to the UN at the time. The UN was given the order "from Brussels" to withdraw the resolution for the moratorium, a resolution that had already been submitted and had the certainty of being approved.<BR/>As people who believe in non-violent means, we have specific responsibilities and we will help our Government to reach the goal set by the Parliament, and later embraced by the Government itself. We are incited to act by the hope and the certainty that non-violence is the most effective tool to support the Government to fulfil the commitments it has made.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187822.post-83701870541938775772007-06-08T22:49:00.000-04:002007-06-08T22:49:00.000-04:00Uhhhhhh, Jim, didn't you get the memo, Roger Colem...Uhhhhhh, Jim, didn't you get the memo, Roger Coleman was a lying murderer. The state got that one right. <BR/><BR/>Clarence Hill was guilty as sin. <BR/><BR/>And what's up with the "Stay strong Troy". The faux authenticity is pretty lame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187822.post-68193365444620826642007-06-08T19:34:00.000-04:002007-06-08T19:34:00.000-04:00I'm touched by this case. Stay strong Troy. One da...I'm touched by this case. Stay strong Troy. One day, it may be in 5 years from now, it may not be for 50 or 100 years, but one day the United States will see that an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, and unjustifiable state-sanctioned murder will be put to an end once and for all.<BR/><BR/>The death penalty is inhumane, violates the fundamental right to life, and has no deterrent effect. But most tragically it is irreversible; an innocent man can be released from prison, but not brought back from the dead.<BR/><BR/>This scares me. There is evidence to suggest Troy's innocence, yet not only does he find himself on death row, he is unable to present this evidence due to legal technicalities.<BR/><BR/>These evidence laws are madness. Roger Keith Coleman (executed in Virginia in 1992) filed an appeal 33 days after a ruling. It had to be done within 30 days according to Virginia law, and as a result his defence attorneys were unable to introduce new evidence to the case, evidence that his initial defence counsel failed to introduce as they were court-appointed, and frankly useless ('ineffective counsel' to be more politically correct).<BR/><BR/>Then there was Clarence Hill in Florida, also prevented from introducting new evidence under a similar law. http://wcbstv.com/topstories/topstories_story_263184158.html<BR/><BR/>Surely if an appeal is worth hearing it shouldn't matter when it was filed. If an argument's worth hearing, then a technicality shouldn't get in the way, especially if someone's life is on the line. It's messed up.<BR/><BR/>Stay strong Troy. I'm thinking of you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187822.post-46448656858508559272007-06-07T20:02:00.000-04:002007-06-07T20:02:00.000-04:00sweeeeeeeet - passion!sweeeeeeeet - passion!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com