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The British, German, French, Belgian, Irish and Greek Consulates-General in Atlanta, Georgia issued a joint statement on the case of Mr Troy Davis.
The British, German, French, Belgian, Irish and Greek Consulates-General in Atlanta, Georgia would like to draw attention to the September 19 statement (full text) issued by the European Union on the case of Mr Troy Davis. While we certainly understand the pain of victims of violent crime and their families, we also recall that no legal system, however thorough, is immune from miscarriages of justice, and with the death penalty, these can never be put right. That is why the European Union has reaffirmed its principled and longstanding opposition to the use of capital punishment under all circumstances.
Issued on behalf of:
Annabelle Malins, HM Consul General, United Kingdom
Benoît Standaert, Consul General of Belgium
Lutz H. Görgens, Consul General of Germany
Pascal Le Deunff, Consul General of France
Paul Gleeson, Consul General of the Republic of Ireland
Vasili Goulousis, Consul of Greece
The European Union has followed with great concern the case of Mr Troy Davis, a U.S. citizen sentenced to death in the State of Georgia. It has now been announced that date of Wednesday September 21, 2011 has been set for his execution.
Serious and compelling doubts have persistently surrounded the evidence on which Mr Davis was convicted, and these were recognized by the appeal judges. The European Union therefore calls for his execution to be urgently commuted.
While we are aware of the suffering of the victims of violent crime and their families, we recall that with capital punishment, any miscarriage of justice, from which no legal system is immune, represents an irreversible loss of human life. As a result, the European Union reaffirms its principled and longstanding opposition to the use of capital punishment under all circumstances.
” —Declaration by the High Representative, Catherine Ashton, on behalf of the European Union on the case of Mr Troy Davis sentenced to death in the United States.