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Originally Posted by IHeartUGA
I'm from Savannah and you can all stop believing all this BS the media is stirring up about Troy Davis because THE MAN IS GUILTY.
I'm not here to argue about the death penalty with any of you because I am actually against it. HOWEVER....I'm freaking tired of all of this "I am Troy Davis!" "He's Innocent!" bullcrap. The state of Georgia allows for the death penalty and a jury of his peers decided that he deserved it after shooting 2 men in the face on the same damn day. Their decision, not mine [see first sentence of this paragraph]. If you don't like the death penalty, write your Congressmen, not Greekchat.
Anywho...
To illustrate my point, I present the eloquent words of one Ann Coulter (whether you like her or not, she has expressed everything that I'm too tired to write myself at this hour):
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You'd do better to write it yourself. Ann Coulter isn't eloquent nor is she objective by any measure whatsoever; her only goal is to stir the pot and put the spotlight on herself, so I really don't care what she has to say about it. Besides, the quote was way too long. I skimmed it and could easily see that you did exactly what she derided: Making judgments about guilt or innocence without having reviewed the entire record yourself.
If you'd read this thread, you'd see lots of us were not assuming Davis's innocence. Instead, we were wondering whether there was a
chance of innocence. Very different things and hardly an unreasonable question to ask before an execution.
Yes, a jury of his peers found him guilty, convicted him and sentenced him to death. As a lawyer, I take that
very seriously. But as a lawyer, I also know that juries sometimes make mistakes, either on their own or because the evidence presented to them isn't what it should be. I also know that guilty people often claim innocence. And I also know that those convicted sometimes actually are innocent.
Was Troy Davis guilty? I don't know, because I, like you, haven't heard all the evidence or reviewed all the record. A jury found him to be so and multiple courts let that verdict stand, and I want to trust that and would not lightly disregard it. Now that he has been exceuted, I certainly hope he was indeed guilty.
But conversations about what may be broken about our legal system and how it can be improved so that there can be confidence in outcomes are always a good thing, not the BS that you dismiss it as.
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