Dear MoveOn member,
Last night, Troy Davis was executed. Despite the lack of physical evidence, despite the recantations by seven of nine eyewitnesses, and despite a global campaign by more than a million people insisting there was simply too much doubt, Georgia put this man to death.
But in this moment of sadness and anger, it's up to all of us to make sure that Davis' struggle does not die with him. That the fight to fix a criminal justice system riven by racial and class disparities, and to stop our country from executing the innocent, is made stronger because of his example.
As Davis wrote in a letter when he was facing execution in 2008:
"... no matter what happens in the days, weeks to come, this Movement to end the death penalty, to seek true justice, to expose a system that fails to protect the innocent must be accelerated. There are so many more Troy Davis'. This fight to end the death penalty is not won or lost through me but through our strength to move forward and save every innocent person in captivity around the globe. We need to dismantle this Unjust system city by city, state by state and country by country."
So today, I'm signing Amnesty International's pledge to fight the death penalty and donating to the Innocence Project. If you're looking for a way to turn your sadness today into action, I hope you'll join me.
You can sign Amnesty International USA's pledge here:
And you can donate to the Innocence Project, which fights to "free the staggering numbers of innocent people who remain incarcerated," here:
Thanks for all you do.
–Justin, Michael, Stefanie, Garlin, and the rest of the team
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