| THE HANDSTAND | LATE AUTUMN2008 |
UPDATE ON TROY DAVIS 24TH
OCTOBER:
Friends,
I could not be happier to share with you that Troy Davis
received a stay of execution - this means that his
execution scheduled for Monday night is OFF! The stay is
based on a new appeal that was filed Wednesday seeking
permission to file a new lawsuit based on innocence
claims.
On behalf of GFADP, the board and our members, we offer
our sincerest thanks to all the folks at the Georgia
Resource Center, especially Tom Dunn, for their work on
Troy Davis' case, especially on this week's filing. We
are deeply grateful to you for making today's great news
possible.
It was just after delivering 140,000 petitions to the
Parole Board and a letter to the Governor signed by over
100 Georgia clergy members that we heard the great news.
Thanks to the beautiful people who braved the rain and
the coldest day in Georgia yet this year to join in
funeral procession - complete with a casket the
represented the death of justice - for coming out today!
We will keep you posted as the news unfolds.
with hope and solidarity,
Sara Totonchi
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| LETTER JUST RECEIVED FROM TROY DAVIS: 2ND OCT.2008 To all, I want to thank all of you for your efforts and dedication to Human Rights and Human Kindness, in the past year I have experienced such emotion, joy, sadness and never ending faith. It is because of all of you that I am alive today, as I look at my sister Martina I am marveled by the love she has for me and of course I worry about her and her health, but as she tells me she is the eldest and she will not back down from this fight to save my life and prove to the world that I am innocent of this terrible crime. As I look at my mail from across the globe, from places I have never ever dreamed I would know about and people speaking languages and expressing cultures and religions I could only hope to one day see first hand. I am humbled by the emotion that fills my heart with overwhelming, overflowing Joy. I can't even explain the insurgence of emotion I feel when I try to express the strength I draw from you all, it compounds my faith and it shows me yet again that this is not a case about the death penalty, this is not a case about Troy Davis, this is a case about Justice and the Human Spirit to see Justice prevail. I cannot answer all of your letters but I do read them all, I cannot see you all but I can imagine your faces, I cannot hear you speak but your letters take me to the far reaches of the world, I cannot touch you physically but I feel your warmth everyday I exist. So Thank you and remember I am in a place where execution can only destroy your physical form but because of my faith in God, my family and all of you I have been spiritually free for some time and no matter what happens in the days, weeks to come, this Movement to end the death penalty, to seek true justice, to expose a system that fails to protect the innocent must be accelerated. There are so many more Troy Davis'. This fight to end the death penalty is not won or lost through me but through our strength to move forward and save every innocent person in captivity around the globe. We need to dismantle this Unjust system city by city, state by state and country by country. I can't wait to Stand with you, no matter if that is in physical or spiritual form, I will one day be announcing, "I AM TROY DAVIS, and I AM FREE!" Never Stop Fighting for Justice and We will Win! -- Troy Davis |
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