Who Will Be Troy Davis?

September 23rd, 2011 by Guest Contributor

The coming days are for reflection, self-evaluation, and action. The pace of the journey away from capital punishment can and must be quickened. But as we stumble away from our current lot, with our eyes on a horizon free of the death penalty, we must be careful not to ignore the ground on which we walk. It is filthy, littered with racial injustice and exploitation, and the dust and grime we kick up sticks to us as we try to move on. Let us leave this place behind, and leave it clean.

Image courtesy of Friends of Justice

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    Judge Greg Mathis (former Michigan District Court judge & judge on the court  television show that bears his name), took a strong stand about Troy Davis’ case & execution and the flawed United States’ criminal justice system in this YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogBdP6INHlEThis statement is a call to action by someone who is well known, well respected, and associated in people’s minds with the American judicial system.  Judge Mathis didn’t have to make this video, but  I’m glad that he did.

    In my opinion Judge Mathis’ “Georgia Has Blood On Its Hands” * statement on Troy Davis should join the ranks of such historical, sociological, and cultural significant and notable statements by African Americans as Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I Have A Dream” speech and speeches by Fredeick Douglas, Booker T. Washington, Sojourner Truth, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Jesse Jackson.*I took the liberty of using the last sentence of Judge Mathis’ statement as the title of that statement.

    I transcribed this video and created a page for it on my Cocojams website: http://www.cocojams.com/content/georgia-has-blood-its-hands-judge-mathis-statement-about-troy-davis-execution

    Thank you, Judge Greg Mathis!