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ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2011, Troy Anthony Davis was put to death by the State of Georgia. Davis’s execution was protested by hundreds of thousands across the globe. How did one man capture the world’s imagination and become the iconic face for the campaign to end the death penalty?I Am Troy Davis, coauthored by Jen Marlowe and Davis’s sister Martina Davis-Correia, tells the intimate story of an ordinary man caught up in an inexorable tragedy. From his childhood in racially charged Savannah; to the confused events that led to the 1989 murder of a police officer; to Davis’s sudden arrest, conviction, and two-decade fight to prove his innocence; I Am Troy Davis takes us inside a broken legal system where life and death hang in the balance.



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Jen Marlowe

Jen Marlowe is an author/filmmaker/playwright and human rights advocate. Her most recent book is "I Am Troy Davis" (Haymarket Books). Her previous books are "The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian's Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker," (Nation Books) written with her former colleague, Sami Al Jundi., and "Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival" (Nation Books).Jen's most recent film is "One Family in Gaza." Her previous films include "Rebuilding Hope: Sudan's Lost Boys Return Home" and "Darfur Diaries: Message from Home." She is currently working on a documentary film about Bahrain.For more information about Jen's work, visit www.donkeysaddle.org.



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