With so many emotions, opinions, and thoughts going on in the world at this time, I decided not to say too much on this case. I can only hope that we continue the fight, educate ourselves, and bring the death penalty to an end. So with that being blogged, I will now leave you all with the letter written on September 10 by Troy Davis himself. Let each word be with you. This is not the end. We have just begun. I AM TROY DAVIS...
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!
* THIS BLOG IS DEDICATED TO US! WE ARE TROY DAVIS*
