Troy Davis

JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — Georgia executed Troy Davis on Wednesday night for the murder of an off-duty police officer, a crime he denied committing right to the end as supporters around the world mourned and declared that an innocent man was put to death. Defiant to the end, he told relatives of Mark MacPhail that […]

ATLANTA — A defense attorney says Georgia prison officials have blocked inmate Troy Davis from taking a polygraph test before his scheduled execution. Attorney Stephen Marsh told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the Georgia Department of Corrections has denied his request to allow Davis to take a polygraph test. Davis is scheduled to die […]

Below is a letter from Troy Davis who is scheduled to be executed tonight in the state of Georgia in one of the most controversial death penalty cases of the century. Here is the letter: I want to thank all of you for your efforts and dedication to Human Rights and Human Kindness, in the […]

Cynthia Tucker has an op-ed on The Grio in which she speculates that Troy Davis is not only a victim of racism, but of class discrimination as well. Tucker argues that class and not race was the critical factor in Troy Davis’s conviction and execution, and that if Davis was a middle class African American, […]

On his MSNBC show last night, Reverend Al Sharpton called the decision to execute Troy Davis “a bleak day for anyone who cares about justice in this country.” Sharpton will be leading a march in Atlanta today to protest the execution. Risky? Troy Davis Willing To Take Polygraph To Prove Innocence Troy Davis’ Lawyers To […]

GEORGIA – A condemned man set to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday for killing a Georgia police officer in a high-profile case wants a polygraph test in a last-ditch bid to show his innocence, Amnesty International USA said. Troy Davis’ case has attracted international attention and an online protest that has accumulated nearly […]

ATLANTA — With less than half a day left to live, Troy Davis faced execution Wednesday despite a furious campaign in the U.S. and Europe to win clemency for the 1989 slaying of a Georgia policeman he claims he did not commit. Vigils outside Georgia’s death chamber were set and protests were planned. Davis’ attorneys […]

ATLANTA — Georgia’s pardons board rejected a last-ditch clemency plea from death row inmate Troy Davis on Tuesday despite high-profile support from figures including the pope and a former FBI director for the claim that he was wrongly convicted of killing a police officer in 1989. Davis is scheduled to die Wednesday by injection for […]

NAACP Joins The Fight To Save Troy Davis ATLANTA— Supporters of a high-profile death row inmate were making a last-ditch effort Monday to stop his execution for the 1989 murder of an off-duty police officer, asking the Georgia pardons board to grant clemency the 42-year-old who insists, along with others, that he is innocent. The […]

A former FBI director and Rev. Al Sharpton are one of the many figures who are calling on the state of Georgia for a stay on the execution of death row inmate Troy Davis. “Serious questions about Mr. Davis’ guilt, highlighted by witness recantations, allegations of police coercion, and a lack of relevant physical evidence, […]

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People have taken up the cause of Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis. Davis, who is scheduled to be executed September 21st, for the fatal shooting of a Georgia police officer in 1989. There is uncertainty surrounding the case. Questions abound, even at this late date, on Davis’ […]

ATLANTA  — Georgia corrections officials have set an execution date for a high-profile death row inmate who claims he’s innocent of killing a Savannah police officer. The Department of Corrections said Wednesday that Troy Anthony Davis will be executed at 7:00 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT) on Sept. 21 for the 1989 slaying of Mark MacPhail. It marks the […]