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DESCRIPTION:Amnesty International Campaign is supporting Troy Davis, innocent prisoner 
 on Death Row in Georgia with a 24 hour campaign on May 19. Text of their 
 informational letter follows:\n\nDear Abayomi,\n\nThe 30-day stay issued by 
 the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals expires on May 15th.\n\nSo now is the 
 time for us to organize to save the life of Troy Anthony Davis. We're 
 asking everybody to come out strong on May 19th – a day marked in human 
 rights calendars across the world as the Global Day of Action for Troy 
 Davis.\n\nWhether you're holding a "Text TROY to 90999" sign on a busy 
 street or organizing your local Amnesty chapter to hold a public 
 demonstration or vigil, we need everybody to contribute their time on May 
 19th to make sure that the state of Georgia does not kill a man who may 
 well be innocent. Register your Global Day of Action for Troy Davis 
 activity or event now.\n\nWe know that time is short for organizing public 
 events, but an execution date could be set as early as late May, so it is 
 essential that action be taken soon. It's also really important that we get 
 an accurate count of how many events and activities are taking place on May 
 19th, so we can share this information with officials in Georgia. Our 
 emails and phone calls have gone a long way in buying Troy some much-needed 
 time, but now we've got to take our action to the streets.\n	Troy Davis 
 with his mother Virginia Davis\n\nWe appreciate the tens of thousands of 
 you who have stood in Troy's corner while heart-stopping scenes have 
 unfolded. On three separate occasions, Troy has been scheduled for 
 execution. And on three separate occasions, his life was saved within a 
 short period of time, even minutes, of his scheduled execution 
 date.\n\nEach time, those last minute stays came after people like you 
 turned out by the thousands to rally in his defense. It was no coincidence. 
 Troy's sister and long-time Amnesty activist, Martina Correia, has 
 acknowledged Amnesty's powerful role in saving her brother's life each of 
 those times.\n\nNow here we are again with the clock winding down. While we 
 can see little opportunity for legal recourse or second chances, we know 
 that your advocacy has a strong record of making amazing things 
 happen.\n\nWhen we first introduced you to Troy Davis in early 2007, few 
 people outside of Georgia knew about the injustice taking place. In the 
 past two years, countless people have come to see Troy's case as a prime 
 example of why the death penalty must be abolished – the risk of 
 executing someone for a crime they did not commit is just too high.\n\nWe 
 are serious when we say that we need everyone to support Troy Davis on May 
 19th by organizing their own event or awareness-raising activity.\n\nAfter 
 all, if you had 30 days left to fight for your life, wouldn't you want to 
 know that you had thousands standing in your corner?\n\nIn 
 Solidarity,\n\nSue Gunawardena-Vaughn\nDirector, Death Penalty Abolition 
 Campaign\nAmnesty International USA\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/05/06/18593221.php
SUMMARY:Global Day of Action for Troy Davis
LOCATION:International Awareness Campaign - All Locations in Every 
 Form\n\nhttp://www.amnestyusa.org/death-penalty/troy-davis-finality-over-fairness/page.do?id=1011343\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/05/06/18593221.php
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