Is Georgia going to execute an Innocent man?

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Back up. I thought one of the arguments for Troy Davis was that an "expert" appeared at his sentencing hearing and made statements to the effect that black men are more likely to kill again than white men. Did Coulter just ignore that entirely?

Or am I out of my mind/confusing this with another case.

[FHwku]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Back up. I thought one of the arguments for Troy Davis was that an "expert" appeared at his sentencing hearing and made statements to the effect that black men are more likely to kill again than white men. Did Coulter just ignore that entirely?

Or am I out of my mind/confusing this with another case.

you're thinking of Duane Buck, the death row inmate in Texas, where the supreme court stayed his execution. Troy Davis' guilt was in question, whereas Buck's conviction has been wholly uncontested.

Buck's sentencing was influenced by the psychologist's testimony. when asked whether the fact that Buck was black made him more likely to commit another violent act, he answered in the affirmative. a jury that might have leaned towards life in prison, opted instead for the death penalty based on race.

[DrPhil]

Troy Davis' 44 year old sister lost her battle with cancer on Thursday. Rest in peace. She spent half of her life fighting for her brother's innocence.

[DaemonSeid]

Still no peace 6 months later

Six months after the spectacle of the Davis execution, MacPhail is still haunted by loss. And she is still hounded by those who blame her family for putting to death a man whose guilt was widely questioned.

"You have blood on your hands," Davis' supporters tell her through phone calls and letters. He'd become a poster child for anti-death penalty activists. MacPhail knows worse has been said about her on the Internet.

"This old b---h doesn't know what going on," said one comment posted on YouTube. "I hope you're happy 'cause your son's killer is still free. Justice wasn't served."

MacPhail says she is thankful for her online illiteracy, that she doesn't even own a computer. But after all this time, she still seethes that Davis is perceived as the one who was wronged.

"It bothers me. I am the victim here," she says. "I lost my son. My grandchildren don't have any memories of their father.

"I don't have the peace yet that I was hoping for."