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Troy Davis: Hearing begins in two days

Troy mosaic pictured outside Amnesty's officeDear Supporter,

A massive thank you to all of you who sent in photos for the giant mosaic of Troy's face. It now contains over 3,000 images! We've made them into a huge poster that we'll be handing into the US Embassy tomorrow evening. 

Please join us to stand in solidarity with Troy – we'll be outside the Embassy in Grosvenor Square, London, between 5 and 7pm tomorrow. You can help us send a powerful message to the Georgia authorities that the world is watching!

The hearing begins on Wednesday in Savannah, Georgia. I will be there and will be blogging to keep you updated as things progress at blogs.amnesty.org.uk/troy. You can also follow my tweets @kimm_c. 

Thank you for your continued support.

Kim Manning-Cooper
Death Penalty Campaign Manager
 

Background on Troy's case
In 1991, Troy was sentenced to death for the 1989 murder of police officer. No physical evidence links him to the crime and of the nine key non-police witnesses, seven have recanted or contradicted their testimony. Of the two remaining, one is the alternative suspect and the other can only be sure of the colour of the t-shirt of the killer. In August 2009, the US Supreme Court ordered an evidentiary hearing, giving Troy an immense opportunity to bring new testimony and evidence into a court of law. However, this is not a new trial – the legal standard is extremely high. Troy is presumed guilty and the burden rests on him to "clearly establish his innocence". Read more
 
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