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Select the share type or view all: All Blog Alert Top 10 List Poll Recipe Photo Tribute 7       Blog: Essay By Troy Davis: Where Is the Justice for Me?   Where is the Justice for me?  In 1989 I surrendered myself to the police for crimes I knew I was innocent of in an effort  . . . . "Where Is the Justice for Me?"       http://www.troyanthonydavis.org/ A Plea from Troy Davis Where is the Justice for me?  In 1989 I surrendered myself to the police for crimes I knew I was innocent of in an effort to seek justice through the court system in Savannah, Georgia USA. But like so many death penalty cases, that was not my fate and I have been denied justice. During my imprisonment I have lost more than my freedom, I lost my father and my family has suffered terribly, many times being treated as less than human and even as criminals. In the past I have had lawyers who refused my input, and would not represent me in the manner that I wanted to be represented. I have had witnesses against me threatened into making false statements to seal my death sentence and witnesses who wanted to tell the truth were vilified in court. For the entire two years I was in jail awaiting trial I wore a handmade cross around my neck, it gave me peace and when a news reporter made a statement in the local news, “Cop-killer wears cross to court,” the cross was immediately taken as if I was unworthy to believe in God or Him in me. The only time my family was allowed to enter the courtroom on my behalf was during the sentencing phase where my mother and sister had to beg for my life and the prosecutor simply said, “I was only fit for killing.” Where is the Justice for me, when the courts have refused to allow me relief when multiple witnesses have recanted their testimonies that they lied against me? Because of the Anti-Terrorism Bill, the blatant racism and bias in the U.S. Court System, I remain on death row in spite of a compelling case of my innocence. Finally I have a private law firm trying to help save my life in the court system, but it is like no one wants to admit the system made another grave mistake. Am I to be made an example of to save face? Does anyone care about my family who has been victimized by this death sentence for over 16 years? Does anyone care that my family has the fate of knowing the time and manner by which I may be killed by the State of Georgia? I truly understand a life has been lost and I have prayed for that family just as I pray for mine, but I am Innocent, and all I ask for is a True Day in a Just Court.  If I am so guilty why do the courts deny me that? The truth is that they have no real case; the truth is I am Innocent. Where is the Justice for me?  ~ by Troy A. Davis   Posted: Apr 19, 2009 8:30am | comment (0) | discuss () | permalink     fetching data... Tags: deathpenalty   execution   wrongfuldeathoflarryneal.com   larryneal   maryneal   dogjustice   TroyDavis   georgiacourt   troydavisappeal     |<     <     1     >     >|

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