Tonight Troy Davis was executed for the 1989 killing of a police officer and I am amazed at how far this country has yet to go. Don’t get me wrong, I feel horrible for the family of the police officer, Troy Davis was not a good man before he went into prison. However, there was just too much reasonable doubt. I pray for the families of both people. I could not imagine the anguish either are going through. I just hope that they don’t find out later that he wasn’t the one. I couldn’t live with myself knowing that I stood by and watched an innocent man die. That I hoped for his death because I needed someone to pay for the life of my child. I don’t know if he did it or not. The only ones that truly know are Troy, the officer and God. Yet I stand here amazed! It amazes me how the prosecution states the witness are unreliable now because they recanted but they were reliable during the trial. It amazes me how one of the people considered a witness is the same man who owned the 38 and who others have said bragged that he actually did it. It amazes me how with so many cases that have been found to have involved police corruption, false imprisonment and execution, our legal system didn’t want to make sure that we had it 100% right. But that is unimportant… someone had to pay for the officers death… that’s all that matters. Whether he was innocent or guilty is irrelevant. Justice was not served here. I hope they can sleep at night and I pray they actually got it right. One innocent man being killed is one innocent man too many!
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