Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Moment of Silence for Troy Davis

As I am writing this, chills run through me for I can only imagine what is going through the mind of Troy Davis and thousands of people who have rallied behind his cause. In 1989, Troy Davis was accused and convicted of killing off-duty police officer Mark MacPhail in Georgia. Convicted in 1991, Davis has spent his time trying to prove his innocence. Currently on Death Row, he is hours away from being executed by lethal injection. Protesters have rallied all over the world in a last minute effort to take a stand and hopefully prevent his execution. There are way too many doubts surrounding his case as witnesses have recanted their stories during trial. That in itself would've been enough to grant him another trial and potentially set him free but when cases involve the shooting death of an off duty police officer, things can get quite complex. These things happen all too often in our society and I think it's a shame. I think its unfortunate and the fact that our judicial system are so quick to pull the plug on human life when there is so much doubt on the case is truly disturbing. How do you send a message that killing is wrong by taking another human life? I don't understand this for the life of me! I wasn't there to know the exact details of the case or what exactly transpired on that day. Only God and Troy Davis knows the truth. I truly hope justice will prevail, especially if this man is truly innocent! We live in a society that pride itself in the concept of Innocence til Proven Guilty but what happens when this is the case and people still won't let you prove your innocence? Life is precious, don't take yours for granted! God help Troy Davis!

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