Here is an open letter that Troy Davis wrote to Amnesty International:


To all,

I want to thank all of you for your efforts and dedication to Human Rights and Human Kindness, in the past year I have experienced such emotion, joy, sadness and never ending faith.

It is because of all of you that I am alive today, as I look at my sister Martina I am marveled by the love she has for me and of course I worry about her and her health, but as she tells me she is the eldest and she will not back down from this fight to save my life and prove to the world that I am innocent of this terrible crime.

As I look at my mail from across the globe, from places I have never ever dreamed I would know about and people speaking languages and expressing cultures and religions I could only hope to one day see first hand. I am humbled by the emotion that fills my heart with overwhelming, overflowing Joy.

I can't even explain the insurgence of emotion I feel when I try to express the strength I draw from you all, it compounds my faith and it shows me yet again that this is not a case about the death penalty, this is not a case about Troy Davis, this is a case about Justice and the Human Spirit to see Justice prevail.

I cannot answer all of your letters but I do read them all, I cannot see you all but I can imagine your faces, I cannot hear you speak but your letters take me to the far reaches of the world, I cannot touch you physically but I feel your warmth everyday I exist.

So Thank you and remember I am in a place where execution can only destroy your physical form but because of my faith in God, my family and all of you I have been spiritually free for some time and no matter what happens in the days, weeks to come, this Movement to end the death penalty, to seek true justice, to expose a system that fails to protect the innocent must be accelerated.

There are so many more Troy Davis'. This fight to end the death penalty is not won or lost through me but through our strength to move forward and save every innocent person in captivity around the globe. We need to dismantle this Unjust system city by city, state by state and country by country.

I can't wait to Stand with you, no matter if that is in physical or spiritual form, I will one day be announcing, "I AM TROY DAVIS, and I AM FREE!"

Never Stop Fighting for Justice and We will Win!

-- Troy Davis

The United States Supreme Court ruled in a special emergency session last week to stay his execution until they could review his case. They will rule on whether he gets a new trial on Monday October 6. Five justices voted for the stay. He needs 4 votes for a new trial. There is hope. Please pray that God's will will be done, and that he will receive a new trial if this is the Lord's will. I pray also that the Lord will help the family of the police officer.
Lauralea

I appreciate your interest in getting us the information, Carolaa.

I couldn't help but trying to decide if this guy is probably an SDA or not. It's seem like not.



If he was SDA, it seems like he would say something like: "I'll see you at the resurrection", or "I'll see you when Jesus comes", or something like that.

I agree. I did a search of everything I could find on him, and I saw nothing indicating or suggesting that he is or ever was a Seventh-day Adventist.

There is nothing noting Troy as an SDA, that I could find either. Terry Benedict is planning to film a documentary on him though.

General comment:
Please note it was not I who said Troy Davis was SDA. I had not heard that before, and I don't know if it is true. But I will see what I can find out this week.

You're correct Carolaa ... Here is what you said ... it was that you DIDN'T realize.

Sorry Carol, I didn't mean to imply that you had made the statement. Mine was just a general post following Johns general post and I failed to mark it so. My apologies.

OK, you can give me a hard time, but I was saying that in response to someone else who made the claim.

Oh and I have noticed that other boards are also scratching their heads as to where the Troy Davis/SDA connection evolved.