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THOUGHT OF THE DAY:
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela
FACT OF THE DAY:
A group of crabs is called a cast.
The pilots apparently selected the first choice of a beacon to guide the plane's autopilot to a landing without checking that it was what they actually wanted. As a result, the plane was directed 100 miles off course, with the devastating result of 159 deaths.
What Happened on September 21st
September 21, 1996
Programming Error May Have Contributed to Plane Crash
A New York Times article warned against the dangers of trusting computers too completely after an investigation revealed that a programming error may have contributed to the crash of American Airlines Flight 965 in Colombia in December 1995.
In his final words, Mr. Davis professed his innocence, expressed condolences to Officer MacPhail’s family, and expressed appreciation to his family and supporters. Mr. Davis was executed by lethal injection on September 21 and pronounced dead at 11:08 pm. He was 42 years old.
In addition, more than 600,000 people worldwide signed petitions supporting clemency and expressed concerns that executing a man amid so much uncertainty about his guilt would deeply undermine the public's confidence in the justice system.
Despite these developments and broad-based support, Georgia's Board of Pardons and Parole denied clemency on September 20, 2011, clearing the way for Troy Davis to be executed the next day.
By that time, seven of the prosecution's nine key witnesses against Mr. Davis had either recanted or backed off their trial testimony, while new witnesses had come forward to give sworn statements that a different person had confessed to the shooting.
The new evidence of Mr. Davis’s innocence was so compelling that three of the original jurors who sentenced him to death in 1991 urged the board to stop the execution.
In Georgia, the state Board of Pardons and Paroles—not the governor—has exclusive authority to grant clemency. Two days before Mr. Davis’s scheduled execution, the board held a full clemency hearing and heard statements from Mr. Davis's attorneys and supporters, prosecutors, and the victim's family.
Supporters of Mr. Davis, including the NAACP, Amnesty International, former President Jimmy Carter, and Pope Benedict XVI, had been encouraged by a 2009 U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing Mr. Davis to present evidence of his innocence in court. But when the federal trial judge denied relief, the Supreme Court refused to review the case and an execution date was set.
Racial #History
On this day Sep 21, 2011
Troy Davis Executed in Georgia Despite Evidence of Innocence
On September 21, 2011, the State of Georgia executed Troy Davis despite evidence of his innocence. Mr. Davis, a Black man, was sentenced to death in the 1989 fatal shooting of white off-duty police officer Mark MacPhail in Savannah, Georgia.
Joseph Smith's vision of Moroni
According to the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Moroni was an angel or resurrected being who appeared to Joseph Smith on this day in 1823 and instructed him to restore God's church on earth.
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
born
February 24, 1500
Ghent, Belgium
died
September 21, 1558 (aged 58)
Yuste, Spain
(Died on this day)
The Dark Knight but Kermit is The Joker (Part 2)
Batman 1966 - The Batusi
National Clean Up Day
National Dance Day
National Garage Condo Day
National Gymnastics Day
National Multivitamin Day
National Opioid Awareness Day
National Pecan Cookie Day
National Sew a Jelly Roll Day
National Singles Day
Puppy Mill Awareness Day
Responsible Dog Ownership Day
Telegraph Pole Appreciation Day
Usher Syndrome Awareness Day
World Alzheimer’s Day
World Gratitude Day
World Mini Golf Day
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