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Troy Davis. Amnesty. Please.

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I heard about this case through a blog by my sister.  I am hoping that me writing this will do for others out there what hers did for me - raise awareness, set me on the path to taking whatever little action that I can, and passing this on so others can do the same. This is one of those stories that's acted as a reminder, in my happy go trippy life, that this kind of thing is going on still - blatant miscarriages of justice, in a guise of justice so poorly portrayed, it feels surreal that it's even possible.  Just today, through a river-boat captain's commentary, i found out what the punishment for pirates used to be on the thames - and i was just struck by how barbaric humans can be to other humans, and call it 'justice'. The rest of the blog after this paragraph will be copied, verbatim, from Amnesty USA's site.  It has the relevant facts, and links to follow to do something.  Even if all you do is post a link to the Amnesty page, that is something awe