Troy Davis Executed, While CEO Responsible for Deaths of 29 Miners Sails Free

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/22-6

Last night at 11:08, Troy Anthony Davis was executed in the State of Georgia for the 1989 murder of a police officer. Much doubt existed in the case as seven of the nine witnesses recanted their testimony (one even claimed that an eighth murder witness was guilty) and no DNA or other physical evidence linked Davis to the crime.

Former FBI Director William Sessions wrote, “The evidence in this case—consisting almost entirely of conflicting stories, testimonies and statements—is inadequate to the task of convincingly establishing either Davis’ guilt or his innocence.” Davis maintained his innocence up until his death, telling the family of the murdered police officer, “I was not the one who took the life of your father, son, brother.”

Last year on April 5, 29 miners died in a methane explosion caused by poor ventilation at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County, W.Va. A report by the Mine Safety and Health Administration ruled that the event that caused the explosion could have easily been prevented by Massey Energy, which was well aware of a long history of safety problems in the mine. In the year leading up to the explosion, the Upper Big Branch Mine was cited 458 times for safety violations, with 50 of those violations being willful violations of the law—nearly five times the national average for citations of a single mine.

An investigation by the Mine Safety and Health Administration also revealed that Massey kept two sets of books—it recorded a clean safety record in one log book, which it provided to mine inspectors, while maintaining a private, internal log of known safety problems and the efforts made to fix them.

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[Kerrytravelers]

1. Dontcha' just love the American way?

It makes me sick that when you're uber-wealthy, you can do whatever you want and get away with it.

I literally had an elderly man in line at the bank tell me that he worried about the bankers because they were losing all their money. I asked if he meant the people that run the banks. He said yes. He was worried for them because the line in the bank was so short, which means that no one has any money anymore. I said he was correct, no one has any money anymore. The bankers he is so worried about has all our money. Then and their other rich buddies.

[Blue_Tires]

5. +1

[teddy51]

2. This will forever be a blight on the State of Georgia and The US.

There was absolute doubt on Mr. Davis's guilt.

[Chan790]

3. So when does the CEO of Massey Energy get charged with 29 counts of homicide?

I know he won't...but that is one of the major crisises of this nation...that murder-capitalists never pay for their crimes. He factually killed 29 people in the name of profit. Not the company...him. The company won't even pay for the crime.

[Initech]

6. It seems these crimes are only legal when CEOs do it.

Because they have the money to buy the politicians who will back them up. It seems crime does pay when you're them. :eyes:

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. Kick and recommend.

[Stuart G]

7. Kicked and Reced again