Category: Troy Davis

Perspectives on Last Week’s Executions

Post author By Kristin
Post date September 27, 2011
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TCADP Founder David Atwood wrote the following essay to explain why he and long-time activist Dick Gregory felt obligated to protest the execution of Lawrence Brewer, as part of their […]

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State of Texas Executes Lawrence Brewer; Troy Davis Put to Death in Georgia

Post author By Kristin
Post date September 22, 2011
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Last night, September 21, 2011, the State of Texas executed Lawrence Brewer for the racially-motivated dragging death of James Byrd, Jr. in Jasper, Texas in 1998. Brewer was one of […]