Letters

Troy Davis is scheduled for execution in Georgia today for the murder of a policeman, even though almost all the original witnesses have signed affidavits reversing their earlier testimony. Most claim their testimony was forced by the police. Numerous witnesses have said that another man, one of Davis’ original witnesses, has claimed to have committed the murder.

I am writing to let you know how much we enjoy and appreciate reading “Nuestra Historia” in the Las Vegas Optic. In the early 1950s, about 100 families from Las Vegas, N.M., came to Las Vegas, Nev., to work in the early stages of the atomic testings in Nevada.

Most of us are in our 60s, 70s and 80s. We all enjoy reading the Optic.

I lived in Old Town 1932-1941 on Rincon Street. In 1941, we moved to New Town on Eighth Street to a neighborhood called La Placita de Los Maestas. I had the honor of attending Castle School.

Yet another execution is scheduled for a probably innocent person. This time it’s Troy Davis in Georgia.

In a trial tainted by racial and economic injustice, police misconduct, highly questionable eyewitness testimony, and lacking any physical evidence, Troy Davis was convicted in the 1989 slaying of a Savannah, Ga., off-duty police officer.

Requests for clemency come from Nobel Prize winners Desmond Tutu, Jose Ramos Horta, and President Jimmy Carter, many members of the United States Congress, the Pope, and numerous other notable individuals.

At the Mora school board meeting held Aug. 16, an offer was made by Help New Mexico offering the Mora schools almost $8,000 a year for rental space. The offer was voted down by a 3-2 vote after George Trujillo called it a political movida. It is my opinion the George is the only person who does political movidas. Mr. Board Chairman, couldn’t the school use this money?