Guilty until proven innocent?
By Benjamin Todd Jealous,
NAACP President and CEO
“When I met Troy Davis earlier this year, I was convinced of his innocence. Why did it take the American justice system so long to act?
After years of heartbreak and disappointment, Troy Davis is finally getting a chance to have evidence heard in his case after being denied a fair trial since he was arrested almost two decades ago.
It should never have taken the American justice system this long to act.
Troy Davis was unjustly convicted and sentenced to die in 1991 for the murder of Mark Allen MacPhail, an off-duty policeman who was shot while working a second job as a security guard at a Burger King in Savannah, Ga.”
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Troy's Evidentiary Hearing Scheduled for June 23rd in Savannah, GA
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Troy Davis may just be one man, but his situation represents an injustice experienced by thousands. And suffering this kind of injustice, by even one man, is one person too many.
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