“Remember I am in a place where execution can only destroy your physical form but because of my faith in God, my family and all of you I have been spiritually free for some time and 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. I can’t wait to Stand with you, no matter if that is in physical or spiritual form, I will one day be announcing, ‘I AM TROY DAVIS, and I AM FREE!’”
Tonight we mourn. Tomorrow we act.
Innocence Project – Donate $11.08 in honor of the time of Troy’s death (More if you can, of course.)
Amnesty International: Not In My Name
Murder Victims’ Families for Reconciliation
California has an anti-death penalty initiative on the ballots in 2012. Find out more about it, talk to you friends, family and neighbors.
Elsewhere? Call your state legislator. Tell them that it’s time to move America out of the dark ages, and that if they won’t support anti-death penalty legislation, you’ll vote for a candidate who will.
Also, join Amnesty International’s ongoing efforts to end the death penalty, state by state (link to .pdf)
Study your local ballots. Locally elected prosecutors and judges are where these cases begin. Know who is running your local justice system and vote accordingly.
We can be better than this, but only if we make it happen. This is what we must do. This is what Troy has asked for, and this is the time.