Do you think given the facts that seven prosecution witnesses have recanted their testimony that there is enough reasonable doubt to halt the execution. If you are reading this and the execution of Troy Davis has already occurred what are your thoughts on it? I asked this in senior citizens because this is my favorite category and I respect the comments of most of the regulars here.
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The man was tried in court and found guilty by a jury of his peers. However, it seems now that the evidence, in the form of prosecution witnesses, has become tainted. In many states, this would be sufficient to overturn the conviction but not in Georgia. I believe we should have uniform rules in every state to insure an innocent person is not put to death in one state but reprieved in another. Where is the fairness in this system?
techtwosue
At the very least,it seems as though there are grounds to rehear the testimony and possibly have a new trial. The gun was never found. As you stated,seven witnesses for the prosecution have recanted their testimony. We're talking about a man's life. If he didn't commit the crime,he should be set free.
Susan S
No. Troy Davis and possibly one other person are the only ones who do know. But with all but 2 of 9 witnesses recanting (one of the two the likely killer) and no physical evidence and no gun recovered, Davis should not be executed. If we can't be 100% sure of guilt (as as human beings, we can't) an execution should not take place.
Dani
Well, Im not a regular here but your question popped up on the main page so I decided to answer.
I absolutely do NOT agree with the execution of this man. He may be guilty, only himself and God knows now, but the fact that people have recanted their testimonies and there's doubt, I sincerely think they need to delay his execution. If there's any speculation at ALL that he's the one who did it, he shouldn't be executed. I don't understand what the huge rush to execute him is. It'd be an awful shame if they went through with it to find out that he was innocent.
For everyone pushing for his execution, ask yourself this:
Were you there?
If it were you or a family member of yours, would you be so eager to execute when there was still doubt?
Killing this man isn't going to bring back the officer that died.
Anonymous
I am against the death penalty, period. I do NOT think the death penalty itself is WRONG, but the system which applies it can and has made wrongful convictions! A number of death sentence convictions have been reversed! How many innocent people have been wrongfully convicted and executed? If even ONE conviction has been overturned, THAT tells ME the system has FAILED, and until we can guarantee no such failure is possible, we should NOT be killing people! There is no undoing death as there is confinement in jail. I can always unlock the door and apologize if there is an error, but I have yet to see anyone undo death. It is on THAT basis, that the system CAN make errors, and HAS made errors on several occasions, that I am against the SYSTEM that applies the death penalty, NOT that I think the death penalty itself is wrong. I believe in an eye for an eye, and that includes the death penalty as the end result. My gripe is that the current system may have wrongfully executed people. The witnesses recanting raises doubt in my mind.