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Endivius -> RE: Troy Davis is now dead... (9/22/2011 6:55:22 AM)
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Six hours ago I began reading the court transcrips for the first trial. Two minutes ago I finished the supreme court ruling for the final apeal. Despite the horrible job the media has done relaying the facts of the case to the public, the supreme court did an outstanding job of not only being probative and thoughtfull of all evidence throught each appeal, it was clear that Mr. Davis was guilty. Four eye witnesses identified him as the shooter of McPhail, and the shell casings from the scene were used to tie him to the shooting in Cloverdale.
At best, the most he could have hoped to achieve is prove someone else was responsible for the Cloverdale shooting, but since no one could identify the shooter positively from that crime, there is no way to exaunerate him. Additionally, at least three other people at the Cloverdale party were armed, but balistics positively matched the casings from the Cloverdale shooting the the McPhail shooting.
Finally, after looking at all the "recanted" statements, wich appeared in affidavit form, only six total recantations over the course of twenty years had any merit to them. Of those six, none of them had any evidence that would have proved his innocence, or would have cause any reasonable juror to not find him guilty in the first place. Primarily, the affidavit that would have offered the most possible value, contained testimony that was readily available during the first trial and four subsequent apeals, wich was never used by Mr. Davis, even though the witness was readily available during the first trial, and did in fact testify.
So once again, the sheep play to the media, banging drums and screaming injustice. When in fact, justice was served.
Edit: Typo
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