Four months after the Court's ruling, Herrera was executed. His last words were: "I am innocent, innocent, innocent. . . . I am an innocent man, and something very wrong is taking place tonight." 

The Voice: DC Day of Remembrance for Troy Davis

The Voice: DC Day of Remembrance for Troy Davis: "The struggle for justice doesn't end with me. This struggle is for all the Troy Davises who came before me and all the ones who will come...

DC Day of Remembrance for Troy Davis

"The struggle for justice doesn't end with me. This struggle is for all the Troy Davises who came before me and all the ones who will come after me.” – Troy Davis

Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, 1266 men, women, children, and mentally ill people have been shot, hanged, asphyxiated, lethally injected, and electrocuted by States and the federal government.  The American Civil Liberties Union notes that "systemic racial bias in the application of the death penalty exists at both the state and federal level.” 

FACE THE FACTS:

When the race of the VICTIM is white, the perpetrator is at least four times more likely to get the death penalty. 82% of all persons executed since 1977 were convicted of killing white people, despite the fact that more than 50% of all victims of violent crime are people of color.

The United States Supreme Court ruled in Herrera V. Collins that it is Constitutional to execute an innocent person, as long as they had a fair trial.  We can’t trust our government to fill potholes. Should we trust them with the power to kill?

THE DEATH PENALTY KILLS INNOCENT PEOPLE.  Since 1973, over 130 people have been released from death row withevidence of their innocence.  From 1973-1999, there was an average of 3.1 exonerations per year. From 2000-2007, there has been an average of 5 exonerations.

There is a better way.

The organizers of this commemoration are an organic, emerging grass roots collation comprised of activists and citizens opposed to the execution of Troy Davis, opposed to the death penalty, opposed to mass incarceration and the entire criminal INjustice system.  We are working on building a solid movement in our Nation’s Capitol through aggressive campaigns of public education and the promotion of tactical grassroots activism.

Join us Monday, October 10, 2011 at 7PM at All Souls Church located 2714 Harvard Street, Washington, DC, in observance of World Day Against the Death Penalty and to institute our next wave of action in the fight the death penalty and injustice  We will discuss:

• Public education
• Direct action
• Any and all ways to effect change.  We want to hear YOUR voice.  

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