In the midst of another injustice ruling from the Trayvon Martin/ Zimmerman case, we come to ask ourselves what does the does the justice system has against blacks. Or are we overreacting? Well, let’s go back two years ago with the infamous Troy Davis case. In case you don’t know what or who I am referring to I will provide a quick synopsis. According to Wikipedia, “Troy Anthony Davis was an American man convicted of and executed for the August 19, 1989, murder of police officer Mark MacPhail in Savannah, Georgia.
MacPhail was working as a security guard at a Burger King restaurant when he intervened to defend a man being assaulted in a nearby parking lot. During Davis's 1991 trial, seven witnesses testified they had seen Davis shoot MacPhail, and two others testified Davis had confessed the murder to them among 34 witnesses who testified for the prosecution, and six others for the defense, including Davis. Although the murder weapon was not recovered, ballistic evidence presented at trial linked bullets recovered at or near the scene to those at another shooting in which Davis was also charged. He was convicted of murder and various lesser charges, including the earlier shooting, and was sentenced to death in August 1991.” Now that you are caught up, here were some reasons why he should not have been executed.
In referece to The Guardian,
Guilty until Proven Innocence
1.Of the nine witnesses who appeared at Davis's 1991 trial who said they had seen Davis beating up a homeless man in a dispute over a bottle of beer and then shooting to death a police officer, Mark MacPhail, who was acting as a good samaritan, seven have since recanted their evidence.
2. One of those who recanted, Antoine Williams, subsequently revealed they had no idea who shot the officer and that they were illiterate – meaning they could not read the police statements that they had signed at the time of the murder in 1989. Others said they had falsely testified that they had overheard Davis confess to the murder.
3. Many of those who retracted their evidence said that they had been cajoled by police into testifying against Davis. Some said they had been threatened with being put on trial themselves if they did not co-operate.
4. Of the two of the nine key witnesses who have not changed their story publicly, one has kept silent for the past 20 years and refuses to talk, and the other is Sylvester Coles. Coles was the man who first came forward to police and implicated Davis as the killer. But over the past 20 years evidence has grown that Coles himself may be the gunman and that he was fingering Davis to save his own skin.
5. In total, nine people have come forward with evidence that implicates Coles. Most recently, on Monday the George Board of Pardons and Paroles heard from Quiana Glover who told the panel that in June 2009 she had heard Coles, who had been drinking heavily, confess to the murder of MacPhail.
6. Apart from the witness evidence, most of which has since been cast into doubt, there was no forensic evidence gathered that links Davis to the killing.
7. In particular, there is no DNA evidence of any sort. The human rightsgroup the Constitution Project points out that three-quarters of those prisoners who have been exonerated and declared innocent in the US were convicted at least in part on the basis of faulty eyewitness testimony.
8. No gun was ever found connected to the murder. Coles later admitted that he owned the same type of .38-calibre gun that had delivered the fatal bullets, but that he had given it away to another man earlier on the night of the shooting.
9. Higher courts in the US have repeatedly refused to grant Davis a retrial on the grounds that he had failed to "prove his innocence". His supporters counter that where the ultimate penalty is at stake, it should be for the courts to be beyond any reasonable doubt of his guilt.
10. Even if you set aside the issue of Davis's innocence or guilt, the manner of his execution tonight is cruel and unnatural. If the execution goes ahead as expected, it would be the fourth scheduled execution date for this prisoner. In 2008 he was given a stay just 90 minutes before he was set to die. Experts in death row say such multiple experiences with imminent death is tantamount to torture. Innocence until proven guilty? Riiigghht.
Now let’s switch gears for a second and take in perspective another highly criticize injustice case.
This one was the Casey Anthony Case. According to Wikipedia, “Caylee Marie Anthony was a two-year-old American girl who lived in Orlando, Florida with her mother, Casey Marie Anthony, and her maternal grandparents, George and Cindy Anthony. On July 15, 2008, she was reported missing to 9-1-1 by Cindy, who said she had not seen Caylee for 31 days and that Casey's car smelled like a dead body had been inside it. Cindy said Casey had given varied explanations as to Caylee's whereabouts before finally telling her that she had not seen Caylee for weeks. Casey told detectives several falsehoods, including that the child had been kidnapped by a nanny on June 9, and that she had been trying to find her, too frightened to alert the authorities. She was charged with first degree murder in October 2008 and pleaded not guilty.
Casey Anthony Web of Lies. Now I don’t want to pull the race card just about yet but I provided ten reasons why Troy Davis should have not been executed, so let’s see if I can provide ten reasons why Casey Anthony should have not been found innocent for murder. Amber Cabrera, a yahoo contributor said,
1. Did not report Caylee's absence for 31 days. Only after she was found by her mother, Cindy Anthony and after extensive questioning by her family did Casey admit that Caylee had been "missing" for 31 days. Casey can be heard on the 9-1-1 call just as stoic and non-emotional as she remains in court, while Cindy is absolutely frantic.
2. Lied to police investigators about everything. Casey never tried to help investigators find her daughter. She lied about working at Universal Studios, going so far as to take them there until she could no longer lie her way out and finally confessed that she didn't work there any longer. She has never cooperated with investigators to search for her daughter Caylee. This is suspicious of someone who already knew the fate of Caylee and did not see the need to search for the little girl as she already knew what happened to her.
3. Went on a shopping spree immediately following Caylee's disappearance. Did not buy anything for her daughter. Did buy lingerie, alcohol. Are these the actions of a "loving mother?" Would that be the first thing you do after your daughter goes missing?
4. Went to the movie store with her then boyfriend. Even if she accidentally drowned, would you be out the same day buying stuff for yourself or your boyfriend? Not to mention making it a "Blockbuster night?"
5. Shows absolutely no remorse for anything happening. Something in her cranium isn't firing off right. The only emotion she shows seems to be for the jury or when the topic is about her. This is the most brilliant show of victim self pity I have ever seen. Of course she doesn't want to face the pictures of the daughter she literally threw out like garbage. That's not the reaction of a mother who has lost her child. It's the reaction to a sociopath who is only sad because she's realizing that the walls are closing in on her. She's sad for her situation, she is not sad because she is no longer saddled with a child. I am absolutely convinced that even at the prospect of spending life behind bars or being executed, Casey Anthony still believes she made the right decision to kill her daughter. Now the attention is all focused on her more than ever. Just turn on your TV.
6. Lied to her family during jail visits about the location of Caylee and Zenaida Gonzalez. Casey Anthony lies when there isn't even a reason to lie. She lies for the sport of it. So much so that she made up a story about a fake nanny to explain away any child care concerns that her family may have had- two years BEFORE this incident! More than that, she continually lies to her parents during hours of recorded and videotaped jail talks. She knew full well what happened to Caylee and still allowed her parents and the nation to continue searching for her. She has no remorse for all of the time and money and concern and sadness that total strangers have had for HER daughter.
7. Google searches on the home computer for "chloroform" and "neck breaking" Can someone say pre-meditation???
8. Evidence of decomposition in her car. C'mon, trash? Really? So the multitude of experts who have personal first-hand experience on what human decomposition smells like must be complete idiots. It was really trash in the car. That must explain the evidence of human decomposition that was found in the trunk as well as the overwhelmingly high amounts of chloroform. Obviously the defense is busy throwing spaghetti at the wall to see how much of it will stick. Go back and listen to Cindy Anthony's 9-1-1 call where she states that it smells like there's been a dead body in the car. The first reaction is usually the truth.
9. She is blaming her family for her guilt. After three years, this is the first we've heard about the accidental drowning theory and the sexual abuse allegation. You know a person is pure evil when no one is safe, even her own family. Why would they be? She murdered (allegedly, blah blah) the person that should have been the most precious to her, why not throw her family under the bus? There was no previous inkling of allegations over the past three years about any of this being the cause or contributing factor to the events that unfolded. Why now? How convenient when her defense team needs to say SOMETHING to keep her off death row.
10. If it walks, talks, acts like a duck... Fortunately and unfortunately the law is based on proving a case based on the evidence. There is a lot of circumstantial evidence in this case. Will it be enough to convict her? Ultimately, she will answer to this crime. Will it be in a court of law, in front of God or both?
So what do you think?
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