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Thousands Attend Funeral for Executed Death Row Prisoner Troy Davis

HeadlineOct 03, 2011

Thousands of people packed the Jonesville Baptist Church in Savannah, Georgia, on Saturday for the funeral of Troy Davis. The state of Georgia executed Davis last month for the murder of a police officer despite widespread doubt about his guilt. Seven of the nine witnesses who originally testified against Davis later recanted or changed their testimony. Speakers at Saturday’s funeral included Benjamin Jealous president of the NAACP.

Benjamin Jealous, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People: “Troy’s last words that night were he told us to keep on fighting, keep on fighting ’til his name is finally cleared and Georgia admits what Georgia has done. But most importantly, keep on fighting until the death penalty is abolished and this [the execution] can never be done again to anyone else.”

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