Martina Correia, sister of Troy Davis, dies at 44

The sister of executed death row prisoner Troy Davis has died. Martina Correia, who fought breast cancer for more than a decade, launched a movement to save her brother, accused of killing an off-duty police officer. The day of Davis’s execution in September, Martina Correia spoke to supporters and the press. “We cannot go back idly no matter what happens tonight and say, well we marched down the streets and wore ‘I am Troy Davis’ shirts and that is it. We have to be the catalyst for the change that we want to see.” Martina Correia, sister of Troy Davis. Amnesty International called her a “tenacious fighter” and “a graceful inspiration to activists everywhere.” Correia was 44.