| # | Name | Tell us why innocence matters to you |
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| 1401 | Mary C. Gagliano | If the ther is no positive evidence how can an innocent person be put to death for a crime he/she did not commit? Evidence and motive are essential for a conviction. When neither is present, the person is free. |
| 1402 | Jeanine Boivin | Innocence is a birthright. It means "without fault." We are all innocent until proven quilty. If we let one innocent person die we are all in danger. Justice is a moral issue. This case is an outrage! |
| 1403 | Itzamna | No decent society can allow its members to suffer injustice and humilliation. Most certainly, no decent individual can let an unjustice go unnoticed. |
| 1404 | Louis C Fields | Every person should be innocent until proven guilty.
Every person deserves a fair trial. Mr. Troy Davis is an innocent man and has not been given the chance to prove his innocence. |
| 1405 | William McAllister | This country abide by its claim of liberty, and justice for all. |
| 1406 | Catherine Schmid | Innocence should be the core of our Being!!!! |
| 1407 | Marilyn Barnett | Human beings have a fundamental right to freedom. If one is convicted of something for which he or she is innocent and their right to freedom is ignored, then we doom ourselves as a society to a level that is less than human. |
| 1408 | Sheila Delaney |
| 1409 | Darin Stockdill | In order for our "justice" system to live up to its name and actually work to develop and protect justice, there needs to be systematic fairness and transparency in legal proceedings. Would a white CEO accused of a crime have gotten such a shoddy defense? Doubtful. As a matter of fact, a black CEO of a large company with money would have gotten a better defense. Race and class are both at work in this case, and being working class and black had more to do with a guilty verdict than innocence. What kind of country do we live where INNOCENCE is not the primary consideration in a court case. INNOCENT until proven guilty is a core principle of our system, yet it is a principle in words only in this case. Free Troy Davis! |
| 1410 | Josephine Fleischaker | There is too much innocent blood shed in this world. If I can do anything to end it, I want to do it. |
| 1411 | KathleenKLingen | Why in heaven would we kill someone in the name of bringing justice? Innocense does matter! |
| 1412 | Susie Day |
| 1413 | Sister Judy Friedel | The taking of a life in always immoral. Please take time to study the evidence which clearly marks Troy Davis as an innocent man. The right to life depends on it. |
| 1414 | K. Bandell | ...in reference to capital punishment in general, I am opposed...virtually, however.cponnett@stcamillus.ftml.netposed when an appellant has not committed the crime for which (s) has been convicted and sentenced....
...Troy Anthony Davis has follows into that community....may he live.... |
| 1415 | The wrongful execution of the innocent is a judgment on all of us. |
| 1416 | Vivian Jones |
| 1417 | Pastor Edith H. Harris |
| 1418 | Anonymous | The recantations and the issues surrounding Redd Coles would make this a truly terrible application of the death penalty. The killer of a police officer should be brought to justice, but only when his/her guilt can be established beyond a shadow of a doubt. At the very least, a new hearing is in order. |
| 1419 | Joanna Gregson |
| 1420 | Anonymous | because it s a fundamental human right |
| 1421 | Loretta Cardinale | Executing anyone on such flimsy evidence is murder. If I were the MacPhail family I would want the killer to be identified without any questions, recantations, or poor defense. If Mr. Davis had committed the murder, he would have been better off with a plea that did not include the death penalty. His adherence to his innocence is evidence enough for a re-trial. Savannah must be hiding something very nasty to murder an innocent man rather than open police records. |
| 1422 | Christine Winter | Whatever happened to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? Innocent until proven guilty. Washington should be embarassed by this case. Are human rights no longer a principle of this country? This man has not been proven guilty! There is no evidence, and the witnesses are suspects! Georgia, please give Troy Davis his life back! |
| 1423 | Maureen Meyer |
| 1424 | Elina Silkelä | If a courtroom isn´t equal the society isn´t equal. |
| 1425 | Michael Mann | Troy Davis was presumed guilty and expected to prove his innocence in the face of coercion from the police. This is characteristic of a fascist state and I am morally opposed to such a thing. |
| 1426 | Paul Sherman | "As you do unto Others, so shall be done unto You." |
| 1427 | Christine E. Haftl | Innocence matters because there is no justice whatsoever in the death penalty, let alone an execution based on specious evidence. If the wrong man is convicted and that fact is not publicized, an innocent life is lost. To remain silent in the face of this state-sanctioned murder is unconscionable. As a Catholic I must speak out on behalf of this young man and demand the death penalty ended. |
| 1428 | caroline riddiford | Because every person should have the right to prove themselves innocent. |
| 1429 | Jim Tomich |
| 1430 | Anthony Orlando | If we let this happen to one person and not speak out; each of us may be next. Our justice system has become a business, and the people are very upset. If the media would do their jobs with investigative journalism on the main street, there would be more accountability. |
| 1431 | yosef jones | Justice |
| 1432 | Jenefer Israel | Justice must prevail, do not murder this innocent man. Hear the evidence. |
| 1433 | lydia maniatis | it should be obvious |
| 1434 | ashley winkler | in this case it matters because a potentially innocent man may die in the name of justice. |
| 1435 | Jarien Stutts | Numerous psychological studies have shown that the death penalty does neither deters criminals nor improves social welfare for citizens; it is simply a method of punishment without rehabilitation or second chance. This concept is vulgar in itself. The United States is one of the last remaining of the most economically powerful and influential nations in the world that still allows such a punishment to continue within its borders. The life of every person in the world is sacred. Everyone can feel pain and pleasure, can love and lose, can profoundly touch the lives of others. Such a grave punishment is reprehensible considering the weakness of the alleged proof in this case. Psychological studies have shown that witness testimony is unreliable and subject to coercion, yet witness testimony was the greatest deciding factor in the verdict in this case. All this, despite the recantation of many of the witnesses. Freedom from punishment means the chance to go on influencing the lives of others; innocence matters not only to Troy Davis but to everyone his life has and could potentially affect. |
| 1436 | Anonymous | I simply do not believe in capital punishment. One innocent life mistakenly taken is one life too many. |
| 1437 | Edward Loeffler |
| 1438 | L. Chung | How can we decide Troy Davis is guilty, instead of innocent, when most of the witnesses have recanted their testimonies. The US Constitution should protect Troy Davis and give him his day in court. I pray fervently that his life will be saved. |
| 1439 | Micaela Pronio |
| 1440 | mike hoban |
| 1441 | robert ogburn | Only the poor are exposed to this and its just wrong. Pushed hard when a police officer is a victum. |
| 1442 | Carolyn Thompson | If murder is deplorable, why do we murder to show that murder is wrong? |
| 1443 | Laura Case | Justice is only just if the innocent are found to be so |
| 1444 | Shizuka Tajima | Because this is so barbaric. That´s why. |
| 1445 | Anonymous | there is no hard evidence against him... |
| 1446 | Gabriela Waschewsky | Leave aside for the moment the brutality of killing anybody, innocent or guilty, deserved or not. Proponents of killing argue that killing a dangerous person will protect the innocent. But who are we protecting when we kill the innocent? How can anyone feel safe? |
| 1447 | Susan Canna |
| 1448 | Margaret Karam | This country was formed with a basis of protection for the inalienable right s of the person and freedom and the right to life is included.. When innocence is proven it has to be respected and honored. The alternative is chaos. |
| 1449 | Anonymous | A man who is obviously innocent should not be sentenced to death and spend all these years in jail. How unfair in the country of the "American dream" !?! ... |
| 1450 | robert f kapela | Too many non-police witnesses have reversed their testimony and they do not appear to have any alterior motives. Hence, much of the basis for this death sentence has been removed.
Under these circumstances the death of Troy Davis will be state murder, not a well founded execution of a clearly guilty man. |