Troy Davis is awaiting the death penalty in Georgia where he was convicted of killing a police officer in Savannah Georgia in 1989. However, this was only on the basis of eye witness testimony, there was not other evidence connecting him to the crime and seven of the nine witnesses have recanted their testimony.
Here is an image from shaggyisaac on Flickr. This is one of many of the protest on behalf of Troy Davis on October 23, 2008.
Flickr (http://www.flickr.org) is an online database where people upload their photos to the web. Many times people upload current events in their area, protests, and gatherings. Uploading photos to Flickr has become a form of citizen reporting using photography.
For more information on Troy Davis here are some more links:
Amnesty International:
http://www.amnestyusa.org/death-penalty/troy-davis-finality-over-fairness/page.do?id=1011343
Troy Anthony Davis website
http://www.troyanthonydavis.org/
-sam smiley
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