Free at last? Not really

Every day, somewhere in the world, there is some kind of chaos, life changing events, or loss. It's life, we go on about ourselves and continue to live our days as usual. When things occur and we hear about it on the news, we seem to aw for the moment and have temporary sympathy. Who's to judge? If it doesn't affect the majority, there's not much to dwell on. 

But what if that one section of the news captivates more than your mind? Your heart. I feel for our world and country, what we honorably call home. This man by the name of Troy Davis was accused of shooting and killing a police officer in Savannah, Georgia in 1989. Until this day, he had been facing trial and the threat of the death penalty as a final verdict of the trial. He was supposed to be put to death about 3 times before it actually happened last night, September 21st, 2011. The Supreme Court reviewed the case then sent it back to Georgia's District Court, leaving it in the state's hands whether or not to put Davis to death. It took the court about 4 times to actually go through with the process after having it appealed, reviewing it, there being petitions and people protesting for Davis' innocence. From the NAACP, Innocence Project, etc, to 630,000 signatures petitioning for Davis and even Howard University students protesting in front of the White House, the death sentence was in the end still given to Troy Davis. After escaping the sentence three times, the fourth time the state of Georgia had denied the clemency just a day prior to his death. The scheduled his death for 7:00pm last night.

Crazy how Troy Davis waited 22 years to be put to death. His life hanging on the line as if it were nothing, each time he was supposed to be put to death, it was appealed. There was never any substantial evidence, besides eye witnesses, arguing the actual happenings of the police officer's death. There hasn't been any physical evidence, just witnesses..How interesting...How can a case, without much to support it, go to the point of sentencing an individual to death...It's a damn shame. To know that he died at 11pm, not 7pm as scheduled and in 2011 not in 2007 when he was given the sentence, just shows the doubt and inconsistency of this case. To know that "justice" has been served with doubt and indecision is a damn shame. I think the death penalty is a tough call to make, and to for the decision to be made on and off is just mind blowing. If there was any doubt that Troy was innocent, why put him to die? Troy Davis reached out for help from people all over, there have been protests, letters written, from former president Jimmy Carter to Rev Al Sharpton, the suspect has claimed to be innocent and to not be put to death. But this country works magically. A police officer died and someone is put to death. We have the Casey Anthony case, a free mom, a dead child, too much evidence, and no one's guilty. We have Leiby Kletzky, a dead child and a man who argued to be crazy. Yet we have a dead officer, and the best way to solve the case is to put a man to death. An eye for an eye will make the world more than blind. Justice isn't served when there isn't clarity or security of facts. But I guess Martin Luther King spoke too soon when he said we were free at last. How can we not make judgments when we look at the points of this case...Does class come into play? Is it race? Since he was African American... How can it be that so many times things occur in this world and people are just set free and a man died last night in a case with unsure witnesses and exact suspecting. I say it's a damn SHAME. The price of liberty... I don't argue his innocence/guilt. I argue the lack of fairness, clarity, reasoning, and opportunities in this case. The witnesses weren't clear in their accusations, some changed their mind, but the decision was to die. To take a life does not solve the mysteries of this case I feel seems so blank. I feel as though it's empty as I try to find the arguments that prove his guilt.

Our history isn't history when we have issues like this occurring in 2011. Can it be that our judicial system is corrupted, Or is our world still biased by race and class? Is it both? A man waited 22 years to die. People rape and kill and wait years to serve time. What a catastrophic situation. I just say it's a damn shame. We lost more than an individual, this is a sign of our past still coming into play. The power of being privileged in this society and the definition of justice...We need more than change. We need equality. Everything isn't what it seems. For the sake of the people, our government represents us but can't hear us.