Benjamin Todd Jealous: We Can Stop the Execution of Troy Davis:
"Innocent until proven guilty.
These four words helped establish our criminal justice system. But in a nation that prides itself in our belief in liberty and justice for all, why is Troy Davis -- with an overwhelming body of evidence pointing to his innocence -- facing execution?
Twenty years ago, Troy Davis was convicted of murdering a white police officer. He was sentenced to death solely on the basis of nine eyewitness accounts. Since then, seven of the nine recanted their statements, new witnesses have come forward identifying another man as the murderer, and the alleged murder weapon has still not been found."
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