Rally
to
free Troy Davis
16 Sep 2011
Pennsylvanians
for
Alternatives
to the Death Penalty explains what the Troy Davis
case is all about:
Friends,
Time is running out for Troy Davis who is scheduled for execution
tomorrow. It's not too late. There's too much doubt in this case and
the risk of executing an innocent man is way too high. Please take
action
and forward this email widely.
Letter continues:
Please call District Attorney Larry Chisholm NOW at 912-652-7308 and
ask
him to withdraw his request for execution.
If the phone lines are jammed, please fax him at 912-652-7328.
Please also appeal to the president and employees of CorrectHealth and
ask them not to participate in the killing of Troy Davis. Be sure to
SING YOUR NAME. The sample fax below is also on our Pennsylvanians for
Alternatives to the Death Penalty facebook page in the Notes section.
Please copy the sample fax below and send it NOW to help stop tomorrow's
scheduled execution.
BEGIN SAMPLE FAX
September 20, 2011
Dr. Carlo Musso, President, and Employees
CorrectHealth
9020 Peridot Parkway
Stockbridge, GA 30281
Via facsimile – 770-692-4754
Dear Dr. Musso and Employees of Rainbow Medical Associates:
As medical professionals who participate in the execution process, you
have the option and opportunity to contribute mercy and grace to a
system that is often unable to consider either. I come to you now
pleading for the life of Troy Anthony Davis.
I believe that there is too much doubt that persists in the case to
allow for the execution of Troy Anthony Davis. Mr. Davis has maintained
his innocence from the day of his arrest until now, and has received
three stays of execution. No physical evidence ties Mr. Davis to the
crime. He was convicted solely on the basis of eyewitness testimony and
7 of 9 witnesses recanted or changed their story. An eyewitness
testified for the first time in 2010 that he saw his relative, not
Davis, shoot Officer MacPhail. At least ten individuals have implicated
the alternative suspect as the actual perpetrator.
The 2010 federal evidentiary hearing required Mr. Davis to prove his
innocence to an “extraordinarily high” standard. Without physical
evidence, Mr. Davis had to rely on witness testimony. Ultimately, the
very witnesses Georgia relied on at trial for his conviction and death
sentence were not believed when they testified after trial that they
made false statements. When human error leads to a failure to examine
critical evidence, you as medical professionals have the option not to
assist in the execution of a possibly innocent person.
I am deeply troubled that Georgia might proceed with this execution
given the real possibility of Mr. Davis’ innocence. It has been
repeatedly demonstrated that our criminal justice system is not devoid
of error and we now know that 139 individuals have been released from
death rows across the United States, most often due to mistaken witness
identification, since 1976. The system of capital punishment is
fallible, given that it is administered by fallible human beings. Your
position as medical personnel who assist with executions affords you
the opportunity to safeguard against this potential for error by
participating only when guilt is certain.
I respectfully urge you and the employees of Rainbow Medical Associates
to demonstrate your strong commitment to the preservation of human life
by refraining from participating in the execution of Troy Anthony
Davis. Please remember the oath you took “to do no harm.” Your refusal
will
send a clear message that Georgia’s medical professionals are unwilling
to risk executing the innocent and to risk facilitating a human being’s
needless pain and suffering.
Thank you for your kind consideration.
Sincerely,
END SAMPLE FAX
Please, please do act now. We must do everything possible to stop this
injustice now.
With sincere thanks,
Kathleen
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