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Savannah Talks Troy Anthony Davis No. 5: Race, Death, and Justice in America

Although not directed specifically at the case of Georgia death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis and slain policeman Mark Allen MacPhail, the state of North Carolina?s new Racial Justice Act, signed into law by Governor Beverly Perdue on August 11, 2009, shines a light on one of the major aspects of the Davis/MacAllen case: that of race and the death penalty.When reviewing such elements as the lack of physical evidence linked directly to Davis, and the fact that seven out of nine testimonies initially filed against him have since been recanted, various observers have voiced concern over whether the only reason he has not yet been granted a second trial is because Davis is African American and Officer MacPhail was White American.Significantly, Governor Perdue is in fact a supporter of the death penalty itself...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on August 15, 2009 (boomark / email).