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It didn't matter that over one million supporters petitioned for clemency. In mid-September, thousands marched for him in Atlanta.
Moreover, over 300 similar events were held across America as well as global ones in Germany, Hong Kong, Belgium, Nigeria and elsewhere.
In addition, noted figures support Davis, including Jimmy Carter, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Jesse Jackson, NAACP president Ben Jealous, Al Sharpton, former FBI Director William Sessions, former congressman and federal prosecutor Bob Barr, and 51 current congressional members.
In 2009, former juror Brenda David told CNN:
"If I knew then what I know now, Troy Davis would not be on death row. The verdict would be 'not guilty.' "
Other former jurors also know he's innocent. So do state prosecutors, judges, Georgia's entire five member Board of Pardons and Paroles, Governor Nathan Deal, and Obama who's been shamelessly silent.
Why not for a man criminally responsible for murdering hundreds of thousands across North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and elsewhere.
Yet he and others in his administration and past ones remain unindicted for crimes of war and against humanity ongoing daily.
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