Troy Davis: 14 Days in May
– The execution of
Edward Earl Johnson
Edward Earl Johnson / portrait by Claire Phillips
This was the third time I watched this documentary on the last 14 days in the life of Edward Earl Johnson who was executed in Mississippi’s gas chamber on May 20, 1987. This is a horrific act of cruel and inhumane punishment that has everything to do with vengeance and little to do with justice. The evidence against Edward Earl Johnson was weak and tenuous and further investigation after his execution revealed it was highly unlikely Earl Johnson was guilty. In less than a week a similar fate awaits Troy Davis. To try to stop his execution please sign the many petitions, write emails whatever you can to stop this from happening OR just write to Troy that you care, that he is loved whatever happens! Let this not be the last five days of Troy Davis’s life.
In this Follow up to 14 days in May – Johnson’s lawyer, Stafford Smith [Reprieve] searches for the truth behind Johnson’s arrest, trial and execution.
Troy Anthony Davis, his family’s website
http://troyanthonydavis.org/
NAACP Too Much Doubt Campaign http://www.naacp.org/blog/entry/toomuchdoubt-a-campaign-to-save-troy-davis-life
Amnesty International Too Much Doubt Campaign http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/cases/usa-troy-davis?id=1701026
Educators for Troy `Teach Troy Davis’ Emergency
Curriculum for Educators
http://troydaviseducation.wordpress.com/
Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
http://www.gfadp.org/
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
http://www.ncadp.org/#Troy_Front_Page
Campaign to End the Death Penalty
http://www.nodeathpenalty.org/Write to Troy: Send our brother Troy some love and light.
Troy Anthony Davis, 41, has been on death row in Georgia for
more than 19 years: Troy A. Davis, 657378, GDCP G-3-79, P.O.
Box 3877, Jackson GA 30233.