Death
Posted: Thursday, September 22, 2011
by Patricia Barbee
http://www.patriciabarbee.com
"Death is swallowed up in victory. Where, O death, is your victory?
21 September, 2011 will be marked in history for Texas and Georgia putting men to death by State orders.
The man in Texas was tried and found guilty of using his pick-up truck to drag a man three miles to his death because of his skin color.
The man in Georgia was put to death after being found guilty by a jury of killing a policeman. Many appeals were held. Seven of the so-called witnesses recanted their testimonies again "under oath" that the accused did not kill the policeman.
Mr. Troy Davis had a last minute Appeal and delay by the U. S. Supreme Court.
However, at 11:08p EDST, he was declared dead on a table in Georgia from "prescribed drugs" in his arm at Jackson, Georgia death center.
Officer Mark Allen MacPhail was killed in 1989.
Last night's execution still has too many unanswered questions and neither man will see this life again. Neither family can be happy.
In Georgia jails, prisons and executions is a business. Many prisons are not owned by the State.
As we see the younger generation disrespect teachers, elders and other authority figures, I can't help but wonder where they will be in the next ten years. Jail? Prison? There they get "three hots and a cot". There are menial jobs. The lesser offenders keep the roads and Georgia highways clean.
As the offenses are worse, the youngsters become the "property" of the "old bulls" that keep things quiet on the cell block. The prison staff just turn their heads, I've been told as they pass the cells and hear now familiar noises.
Who is the next innocent person to die? Georgia does not follow up cold cases. In 1946 was a concerted lynching of People of Color at Moore's Ford Bridge, Monroe, Georgia.
With a standing reward for information of $35,000, no one has ever come forward.
"Death is swallowed up in victory. Where, O death, is your victory?
Patricia Barbee © 2011
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