The following message is from Ben Jealous at the NAACP:

Last night the State of Georgia killed an innocent man.

In recent weeks, we fought hard for the commutation of Troy Davis'
sentence. More than one million of your petitions were delivered. Protests, rallies and vigils were organized around the globe. Tonight,we fasted and prayed together as a community.

The execution of Troy Davis was delayed temporarily by the US supreme court on Wednesday night, in a dramatic intervention just as he was due to be put to death by lethal injection.

As the first news came in at the Jackson prison that houses death row, a huge cheer erupted from a crowd of more than 500 protesters that had amassed on the other side of the road.

Davis's supporters kissed each other and threw placards which read "Not in my name" into the air.

A MESSAGE FROM TROY DAVIS

Troy was found guilty of murdering a police officer 19 years ago,
based upon the testimony of 9 witnesses. Today, 7 of those 9 have
recanted their testimony entirely, and there are enormous problems
with the testimony of the remaining 2 witness accounts. There is NO
OTHER EVIDENCE. The murder weapon was never found. There is no DNA to
test. Troy is scheduled to die by lethal injection on September 21, 2011.

To All:

 
A TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE: TROY HAS BEEN DENIED CLEMENCY

Troy Anthony Davis has been denied clemency by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole. This means that Troy could be executed tomorrow at 7 p.m. if the board does not reverse its decision, and if no court intervenes.
 

Sadly the Georgia Board of Parole denied clemency to Troy Davis and he will very likely be executed tomorrow. Please read the following message that he has sent to his supporters. We will be with him until the end.

 REBECCA BOONEFrom Associated PressSeptember 20, 2011 6:23 PM EDT

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A potential class-action lawsuit against the nation's largest private prison company over allegations of violence at the Idaho Correctional Center has been settled in federal court.

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A Moment of Silence
by Emmanuel Ortiz

Before I begin this poem, I’d like to ask you to join me in a moment of silence in honor of those who died in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11th, 2001.

I would also like to ask you to offer up a moment of silence for all of those who have been harassed, imprisoned, disappeared, tortured, raped, or killed in retaliation for those strikes, for the victims in Afghanistan, Iraq, in the U.S., and throughout the world.

And if I could just add one more thing…

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Leonard Peltier Has Been Moved

HOPE YENFrom Associated Press

September 13, 2011 7:35 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The ranks of the nation's poor have swelled to a record 46.2 million — nearly 1 in 6 Americans — as the prolonged pain of the recession leaves millions still struggling and out of work. And the number without health insurance has reached 49.9 million, the most in over two decades.