Martina Davis-Correia, sister of Troy Davis, dies

EFerrari

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Sat Dec-03-11 10:01 AM
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Martina Davis-Correia, sister of Troy Davis, dies

By Constance Cooper
December 1, 2011 - 09:05pm
Martina Davis-Correia, sister of Troy Davis, dies

Martina Davis-Correia, sister of executed death row inmate Troy Davis, died Thursday evening at Candler Hospital after battling cancer for more than a decade. She was 44.

“I’ve thought for a long time that Martina’s fight for Troy is what kept her alive, and she must have been very tired,” Ledra Sullivan-Russell, a close family friend, said Thursday night. “She was the most extraordinary woman I’ve ever known.”

For 22 years, Davis-Correia led a crusade to stop her brother’s execution that gained thousands of supporters across the globe, including Pope Benedict XVI, the Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former President Jimmy Carter and former FBI Director William Sessions. Despite failing health, she continued to fight against the death penalty after her brother’s Sept. 21 execution.

Troy Davis, 42, died by lethal injection for the 1989 murder of off-duty police officer Mark MacPhail. MacPhail, 27, was rushing to the aid of a homeless man who was being beaten when he was shot to death in the parking lot of a Greyhound Bus station/Burger King at the corner of Oglethorpe Avenue and Fahm Street.

http://savannahnow.com/latest-news/2011-12-01/martina-correia-dies?mid=5426#.TtjzUPLNk-g

Very sad.

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Sat Dec-03-11 10:09 AM
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1. I hate to hear this.

I hope she has found peace.

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Sat Dec-03-11 10:11 AM
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2. May she be at peace... May they be together--in whatever realm...

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midnight

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Sat Dec-03-11 10:12 AM
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3. She made visible what was being hidden-an innocent man being

held responsible for a crime that there was no evidence that he was responsible for. Sadly though-the facts did not matter to those who have been left in charge...

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Gregorian

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Sat Dec-03-11 01:34 PM
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4. Oh. What a tragedy.

I'm so sorry. I'm still stunned by the events. I hope...

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EFerrari

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Sat Dec-03-11 02:55 PM
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5. Her son is now doubly traumatized.

I hope he has a lot of love around him.

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Gregorian

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Sat Dec-03-11 07:48 PM
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6. I hope he has enough exposure to Troy's strength that it gives him support.

I just can't imagine. Actually I can.

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