Did Georgia Almost Kill An Innocent Man?
Troy Davis has been on death row for 18 years, convicted of killing a police officer in 1989. Yesterday, he was set to die but, was spared at the last minute by a 90-day stay of execution.
90 days may be enough time to review if Georgia was about to execute the wrong man.
I don’t know anything about this case so, I can’t say if he’s innocent or guilty but, having seen so many stories about men (most of them black) who have spent decades in prison, only to be found innocent of the crime that sent them to prison, I think that getting down to the truth is important.
This stay was not without merit. It comes after nine eyewitnesses came forward to say they were pressured by police to identify Troy Davis as the killer. Other witnesses say that they saw another man commit the crime.
So, it could be very likely that Davis had nothing to do with the killing at all and he would lose his life based on the actions overzealous cops and prosecutors.
I am not against the death penalty but, I am against killing the wrong person. So, if we need to put the death penalty on “pause”, so to speak, while we fix the system, that would be fine by me.
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