Deathrow Needs To Go

Troy Davis

Minister Farrakhan statement on Troy Davis execution

September 21, 2011 (3PM Central Time)

We are deeply saddened at the prospect of the state of Georgia taking the life of our brother Troy Davis. Every life is precious with Allah, the life of the policeman that was killed and the life of Troy Davis. The worst part of this is that an innocent man may die for a crime that most believe he didn't do. The arrogance of authority to not fiercely fight for the truth that may exonerate him is dangerous for the state of Georgia.When Cain slew his brother Abel, God told him that the blood of your brother cries out from the ground for justice. If our brother is killed, and he is innocent, I feel sad for the state of Georgia for the God of Justice will retaliate. May God's Peace be with him, be with his family, and those of us who would mourn his loss.

The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan
Servant to the Lost-Found
Nation of Islam in the West

Death row Must Go

Death Row Must Go A new struggle for America citizen are fed up with the killing of institutions in America this is justified as revenge . For many years American citizens were told not to kill however America has killing institutions from state to state all over that must go. Fair Trials are not given no matter how one yell Innocent. People are dieing and being jailed for crimes they did not commit because of legal representation are not sufficient also courts and police officers violate the rights of individuals. In Our opinion Georgia was wrong putting him to death! Whenever there is doubt NO ONE should be put to death! Our heart bleeds for Troy Davis and his family and friends.Minutes before he was put to death, he asked supporters to "Continue to fight this fight" Troy Davis’ Chilling Last Words: "I Am Innocent"

Troy Davis

Judge Greg Mathis -
Speaks Out and moves the people

For decades the American Government have clearly lost the confidence of it own people and the Legitimacy to lead. When it came to Equal rights in The Justice department we found decades of abuse from Lawyers misrepresentation , Law Enforced officer jail & prison guards also the courts railroading many residents. The fact is none violent drug crimes has filled our prison with a war on drug that do not work we are putting a drug dealer in prison and drugs are in prison and drug dealer become a victims and ongoing pressure caused by the environment protectors behind the walls are in outrage. Hidden from public view ongoing neglect unforgiven treatment and conditions. Showing corporate slavery removed from the public hidden in private prisons institutions all across America. felonies convicted are not put on the path with employment opportunities to assure the people of a brighter tomorrow. But released after years of captivity with no job housed in boarder houses and shelters all across America. resources are only made and are not responsive to all individuals regardless of behavior disciplinary.Judge Greg Mathis Told the truth however their is more untold that they are doing not just on death row.
Today prison is nothing but Undercover Slavery hidden behind criminal objectives still alive and responsive. They refuse to release it and god is against it and so am I. We don't need prisons we need physiological Therapy hospitals programs. It makes no since for a man to be arrested in ignorance spend years in a Fed or state prison and come out with little to no hope for education or guidance. Death row is a problem it is satins alter of offerings innocence or not sacrifices of death is still murder. We need to learn to call it as we see it. Unite and fight for changes to be made from a wicked system.

Racial Pattern Found In Harris County,

Texas Death Penalty Sentencing: Report

The connection between race and capital punishment has been a hot topic this year, and it's likely to remain one after a new study found a shocking pattern in the way one Texas county sentences people to die.

Of the last 13 men that have been sentenced to death in Harris County, 12 of them are black, according to an analysis of prison and prosecution records by the Houston Chronicle. The discovery has prompted some local lawyers to ask for an investigation and calls for more debate around the administration of capital punishment.

"The more the defendant looks like you the harder it is to kill him — human nature being what it is," said Robert Murrow, one of the county's capital defense attorneys. "It's something we have to be thinking about. It's an issue we never should get too far out of the front of our consciousness."

The role of race in death penalty sentencing became a major issue in the county when the U.S. Supreme Court halted the execution of Duane Buck, after reviewing the testimony of a psychologist who said during the trial that black people were more likely to commit violence. Buck's appeal of his pending execution was rejected last week. Although the inmate's supporters pleaded with Harris County District Attorney Patricia Lykos, she told The Chronicle she has not yet made a decision.

"Before we take any action, we will carefully evaluate the arguments of Mr. Buck's lawyers and his supporters," she told the news source. "He will receive fair and thorough consideration of his claims."

It also isn't the first time questions have been raised about the role of race in the Harris County justice system. The county is known for aggressive prosecution and tendency of capital punishment sentencing. According the to The Houston Chronicle, more than a third of Texas' 305 death row inmates, and half of the 121 black death row inmates came from Harris County.

The last white man sentenced to death in the county was Anthony Shore, in 2004, for strangling and torturing four women and girls and raping three of his victims. Shore requested the death penalty.

The Chronicle also studied capital punishment cases from the 1980s and 1990s that were reviewed after successful appeals. It additionally discovered, that of the five men who have been re-sentenced to death since November 2004, three of them are white, one is black, and one Latino.

The Buck case follows a string of controversial, high-profile death penalty cases that have renewed the debate around capital punishment. A Texas man named Cameron Todd Willingham was convicted and put to death in 2004 for killing his children in a fire, even as consensus in the fire science community found no evidence of arson and said the untrained police specialists used widely debunked forensic tactics. In September, Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis was put to death after he garnered international attention when most of the witnesses who testified against him in a trial recanted their statements.

Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, Texas has executed more people than any other state.

Death of a Hero: Sister of Troy Davis Has Died of Cancer

Martina Davis-Correia, sister of the late Troy Davis, has died. Davis-Correia passed after a long battle with cancer and was the firestorm that took her brother’s case to international heights. Although few people initially paid attention to the faulty murder conviction of this young black male in Georgia, Davis’ sister dedicated her life to fighting for her brother’s freedom.

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A one-time rapper convicted of shooting and killing a female police officer during a failed bank heist in Philadelphia nearly 20 years ago will be executed in January.

Christopher Roney – aka Cool C - was convicted of first-degree murder for the shooting death of Lauretha Vaird on January 2, 1996.

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett signed an execution warrant for Roney on Friday and he is scheduled to be executed via lethal injection on January 8, 2015.

Christopher Roney - aka Cool C - was convicted of first-degree murder for the shooting death of Lauretha Vaird on January 2, 1996. He is due to be executed by 
lethal injection on January 8 2015

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Deathrow Needs To Go

Marvin Wilson

Ignoring its own ruling that prohibits the execution of mentally retarded individuals, the United States Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the appeal of a Texas man with an IQ of 61 convicted of murdering a police drug informant. Following the high court's denial, 54-year-old Marvin Wilson was executed by lethal injection at the state prison in Huntsville, Texas. Wilson was pronounced dead 14 minutes after being injected with a single deadly drug; he was the secondTexas prisoner killed using the state's new single-drug protocol...".* Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss on The Young Turks.

In Colorado, Blacks Make Up 4 Percent Of The Population And 100 Percent Of Death Row

In March, Colorado came close to becoming the 19th state to abolish the death penalty, but the bill failed after Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) voiced opposition and suggested a possible veto. A few months later, Colorado’s death penalty is still firmly in place, and the state is poised to complete what would be only the second execution in 45 years (the last was in 1997). Few dispute that Nathan Dunlap committed a horrific crime and murdered several people at a Chuck E. Cheese. But judges, university professors, and other prominent state leaders are urging Gov. Hickenlooper to commute Dunlap’s sentence, both because crucial errors that defined his trial may have led him to get a harsher sentence than others, and because killing anyone under the perverted state system would be a miscarriage of justice. According to letters filed with Hickenlooper’s office:

• All three people on death row are black men. In a state that is only 4.3% African American, Colorado’s death row is 100% African American.
• All three men on death are from the same one county, out of Colorado’s 64.
• All three men committed their crime when they were under the age of 21.
• Two law professors who studied Colorado’s application of the death penalty concluded it was unconstitutional, after finding that prosecutors pursue the death penalty in less than one percent of the cases where it is an option, and that the state failed to set “clear statutory standards for distinguishing between the few who are executed and the many who commit murder.”

“It appears that race, geography and youth largely determines who gets the death penalty in Colorado,” wrote a group of NAACP leaders in a letter urging Gov. Hickenlooper to grant clemency. They note that not a single black juror served on the panel that sentenced Dunlap to death.In addition to the injustices that define the Colorado system, a group of former Colorado judges also point out that Dunlap’s bipolar disorder and psychotic tendencies were not even mentioned at trial. In fact, according to their letter, Dunlap’s lawyer told the jury that there was no explanation for his violence.The judges add that “no clear evidence exists that the death penalty deters violent crime. What it does in our current system, as in this case, is to drain our judicial system of millions of dollars as mandatory appeals drag on for decades.” Studies have shown that the death penalty does not lower the homicide rate. In fact, the murder rate is lower in states without the death penalty. Hickenlooper says he continues to wrestle with the death penalty, and whether to commute Dunlap’s sentence.