An email to the Georgia DA etc, re: Troy Davis

Alun Life, Politics 1 Comment

Dear Recip­i­ent,

No doubt you’re receiv­ing plenty of emails protest­ing the exe­cu­tion of Tory Davis, and no doubt you’re aware why — and not con­vinced that reas­on­able doubt is enough to pre­vent an execution.

Instead I have a couple of questions.

If it is found later that Troy Davis is inno­cent, would you sup­port the con­vic­tion and death pen­alty of all those who pro­ceeded to enforce the exe­cu­tion des­pite clear evid­ence of reas­on­able doubt?

Would you also recom­mend that the UK For­eign Office warn Brit­ish cit­izens against vis­it­ing Geor­gia on the grounds that the state of Geor­gia does not con­sider the pos­sible inno­cence of a per­son suf­fi­cient reason to avoid killing them?

With all due respect,

Alun Salt

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  1. alanborky

    I’ve had sim­ilar debates with pro death penalty-ers myself and where I argue someone inno­cent being put to death is unwar­rant­able they argue someone inno­cent sub­sequently being killed by a death pen­alty escaper is unwarrantable.

    They’re so vehe­ment, pas­sion­ate and sin­cere they remind me of no one so much as myself.

    I know all the logical argu­ments which con­vince me we’re in the right, but they’re argu­ments seem equally logical and clear and com­pel­ling to them.

    None of which applies of course to politi­cians who take up whichever stance’ll get them the most votes.

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