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Vol. 76/No. 1      January 2, 2012

 
Martina Davis-Correia:
fighter against death sentence
 
BY JACOB PERASSO  
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Some 200 people attended a funeral and repast for Martina Davis-Correia Dec. 10 at the Temple of Glory Community Center here. Davis-Correia was a leader in the fight to stop the execution of her brother Troy Davis, framed up more than 20 years ago for the murder of a police officer and executed earlier this year by the state of Georgia

Davis-Correia died Dec. 1 of breast cancer at the age of 44.

“Martina was not only fighting for Troy’s life but for hundreds of inmates,” noted longtime friend Trevor Ferguson

“Martina would be irritated if we just spoke about her,” said Laura Moye of Amnesty International. Moye encouraged people to join struggles against the death penalty. Edward DuBose, president of the Georgia State NAACP, said that Martina would say to those at the funeral, “fight on.”

“We pay tribute to Martina, who lived her life to the end dedicated to the fight to free Troy Davis and as a leader in the fight against the death penalty,” said a letter from the Atlanta branch of the Socialist Workers Party to the Davis family.
 
 
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Phila. DA drops death penalty against Mumia Abu-Jamal
Greetings to workers behind bars  
 
 
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