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No code of conduct was breached...so he is due to die on Wednesday because there is no reason to stay his execution.
Well there is that little thing regarding his possible innocence, but again no legal reason to prevent his execution.
I am so sorry for all involved.
Me too. :tears: In a case such as this one, at the very least I see no reason why his sentence should not, at the very least be commuted to Life. Sadly, this is the reason that I had to stop my volunteer work after I had my kids. It was just too upsetting and overwhelmingly depressing when the state would kill people that I truly believed to be innocent. I am a legal studies major now and the only case I still even remotely involve myself in is one in Virginia where the doubts over the man's guilt caused the governor to recommend a new trial and remove the person from death row and commute his sentence to Life with parole. I have been working the case 12 years off and on but don't get overly involved because it is so upsetting that procedure can keep a person in prison for something they evidence shows they did not commit. My friend, who is still in some 32 years after being convicted and 20 years after the governor doubted his guilt is denied parole every year. Their reasoning for denial is the nature of the crime. They are not allowed to take evidence on innocence into account either.
I don't know if Troy Davis is guilty or not. I was not there and I have no read the record. However, in an effort to ensure that there is no chance that an innocent person is murdered by the state of GA tomorrow night I will be hoping for a miracle for Troy and his family.
raying:
This is also the reason that I went from being a super strong supporter of the death penalty, who believed that it should not only be used more often, but should be used faster to one that is opposed in all cases, regardless of the situation. There is just too much risk and there would be no true way to sort out the truly guilty from the innocent. If they could do that, we wouldn't see these things happening.