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Update: Troy Davis was executed at 11:08pm EDT. The world is watching the US’s barbaric behavior tonight in absolute horror. Rest in peace, Troy. The struggle to abolish the death penalty continues. “The struggle for justice doesn’t end with me. This struggle is for all the Troy Davises who came…
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“The struggle for justice doesn’t end with me. This struggle is for all the Troy Davises who came before me and all the ones who will come after me. I’m in good spirits and I’m prayerful and at peace. But I will not stop fighting until I’ve taken my last…
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Note: Criminal Injustice will post tonight at 6pm CST. Please join us at that time for [asynchronous] discussion in the comment thread, facilitated by Nancy Heitzeg and Kay Whitlock, regarding DaNang’s article on incarcerated veterans and the execution of Troy Davis, who is scheduled to be executed tonight at 7pm…
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What You Can Do This Weekend (Information provided by Equal Justice USA and Amnesty International; compiled by Criminal Injustice at Critical Mass Progress) Georgia’s District Attorney, Larry Chisolm, has the power to stop the execution of Troy Davis, scheduled for Wednesday, 21 September, but has not done so. That leaves…
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Today’s blip in Time: Urgent: Stop the execution of Troy Davis Guerrero Protesters demand education, not war Why President Obama’s approach is proven to create jobs Facebook put off IPO until 2012 Robotic labor in the workplace No pun intended: FCC to test opening “white spaces” Criminal Injustice: Incarceration Nation…
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From Prison Culture Blog: Georgia Death Row prisoner Troy Davis is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, September 21 despite overwhelming doubts about his guilt. In light of this imminent execution date, Educators for Troy—a Chicago-based ad hoc group of educators, activists and artists—is calling on all educators to interrupt…
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From Amnesty International: Troy Davis was convicted of murdering a Georgia police officer in 1991. Nearly two decades later, Davis remains on death row — even though the case against him has fallen apart. On March 28, 2011 the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Troy Davis’ appeals and set…
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