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This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: In 1991, Troy Davis was convicted of murdering off-duty policeman Mark MacPhail in parking lot in Savannah, Georgia, and sentenced to die.
As no physical evidence connected Davis to the crime, and a murder weapon was never found, the conviction was entirely based on the testimony of nine witnesses, seven of whom have since recanted all or part of sworn statements.
Several of the witnesses said they were pressured by police officers to place the blame on Davis, while ten new witnesses have since come forward to say Sylvester “Redd” Coles — the man who reported Davis to the cops — was the real murderer.
Despite a slew of doubts concerning his guilty, Davis is on course to be executed Wednesday night at 7 PM by lethal injection. The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles today denied his request for clemency, even after hearing from a from a juror in Davis’s trial who said the verdict could no longer be trusted.
A last-ditch effort to prevent Davis — who has had three previous stays of executions — from being put to death is underway, but many fear Davis’s legal avenues have unjustly reached a dead end.
[ajc / amnesty.]
Honestly, regardless or not if this man is guilty of the crime, (only God can judge him) the sad fact that his life will be ended by the hands of a bodying government & the vast majority who still think the death penalty is a valuable option is the true tragedy here!](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrtzkbaXze1qzpwi0o1_1280.jpg)
This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: In 1991, Troy Davis was convicted of murdering off-duty policeman Mark MacPhail in parking lot in Savannah, Georgia, and sentenced to die.
As no physical evidence connected Davis to the crime, and a murder weapon was never found, the conviction was entirely based on the testimony of nine witnesses, seven of whom have since recanted all or part of sworn statements.
Several of the witnesses said they were pressured by police officers to place the blame on Davis, while ten new witnesses have since come forward to say Sylvester “Redd” Coles — the man who reported Davis to the cops — was the real murderer.
Despite a slew of doubts concerning his guilty, Davis is on course to be executed Wednesday night at 7 PM by lethal injection. The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles today denied his request for clemency, even after hearing from a from a juror in Davis’s trial who said the verdict could no longer be trusted.
A last-ditch effort to prevent Davis — who has had three previous stays of executions — from being put to death is underway, but many fear Davis’s legal avenues have unjustly reached a dead end.
Honestly, regardless or not if this man is guilty of the crime, (only God can judge him) the sad fact that his life will be ended by the hands of a bodying government & the vast majority who still think the death penalty is a valuable option is the true tragedy here!
I WANT A “HIM”…
NOT A BOYFRIEND, NOT JUST A GUY FRIEND, NOT A SECRET LOVER BUT A “HIM”. SOMEONE I’M WITH ONLY WHEN I’M ACTUALLY WITH THEM. SOMEONE THAT DOESN’T ASK ANY MORE OF ME THAN I ASK OF THEM. SOMEONE THAT HAS NO TITLE BUT CAN BE ANY PERSON I WANT HIM TO BE AT ANY GIVEN TIME. SOME ONE…
Damn I don’t think I could have said it any better myself
“Danza Kuduro” - Don Omar
My Summer song baby!
…. seriously having summer withdrawals, can’t wait to be back in South America!
LOVVVVVVVVVVVVVVE THIS SONG! OMG it brings back memories from when Iived abroad in Chile!
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl - Episode 8: The Project
As J deals with the awkwardness of talking to Fred, CeCe is faced with an overly religious co-worker.
The long awaited Episode 8 is finally here!
YAY —- this has really made my day :)
I am obsessed with this series! I swear it’s my life….Shout out to Issa Rae! Stanford Alumni!
(Source: youtube.com)
Ryan Gosling
I LOVE this man…he is a sexy drop of white chocolate! And a pretty great actor too
Totally in Love with this pic, this is just chic and natural at the same time… Breath taking beauty
Strikingly beautiful <3
23.01.11
I had a really interesting discussion about identity, self hate, cultural capital etc with my BFF today and it got me thinking of Margaret Bowland’s selection of paintings of young black girls in white face. When asked to comment on ‘Kenyetta and Brianna’ Bowland that ‘It is a commentary on how women still have to jump through all these hoops to be desirable. These girls are still visible beneath all those layers of crap … they’re still looking back at you.’ I think that a lot of black girls looking at Bowland’s paintings would say that the metaphor transcends beyond the art world. For many black girls Bowland’s paintings are a life metaphor - reflecting a reality where black girls are often marginalised by European standards of beauty. I agree with Cherise Kramarae when she states that ‘For women of color who are viewers, trying to achieve idealised femininity entails not only adjusting or refining one’s body, but also rejecting one’s identity and certain characteristics altogether. To resist this artificial standard is to stand apart from beauty as defined by society’. The frustrating thing for me is that even if you put the fact that there is very little aesthetic diversity across all media platforms to the side, in the black community we impose European standards of beauty on each other with a vengeance. It’s black men that make fun of Alek Wek and it’s black girls arguing about natural hair v relaxer/weave war (e.g ‘These little nappy headed hoes need a terminator’ - Nicki Minaj) etc. It’s this infighting that is the real tragedy.
Somebody told a lie and we believed it.
