Carlissa Weathers
September 22, 2011
(CBS/AP)
JACKSON, Ga. - Strapped to a gurney in Georgia's death chamber, Troy Davis lifted his head and declared one last time that he did not kill police officer Mark MacPhail. Just a few feet away behind a glass window, MacPhail's son and brother watched in silence.
Outside the prison, a crowd of more than 500 demonstrators cried, hugged, prayed and held candles. They represented hundreds of thousands of supporters worldwide who took up the anti-death penalty cause as Davis' final days ticked away.
Davis was convicted in 1991 of killing MacPhail, who was working as a security guard at the time. MacPhail rushed to the aid of a homeless man who prosecutors said Davis was bashing with a handgun after asking him for a beer. Prosecutors said Davis had a smirk on his face as he shot the officer to death in a Burger King parking lot in Savannah.
No gun was ever found, but prosecutors say shell casings were linked to an earlier shooting for which Davis was convicted.
Witnesses placed Davis at the crime scene and identified him as the shooter, but several of them have recanted their accounts and some jurors have said they've changed their minds about his guilt. Others have claimed a man who was with Davis that night has told people he actually shot the officer.
Carlissa- Troy Davis is one of many whom may have been wrongly convicted of a crime he may not have committed. I feel that after 20 years, if there is still no prove that the accused committed the crime then they should be let free. That was definitely the case for Troy Davis, there were no solid evidence that he was the one who pulled the trigger on that officer that night. If he was the one who actually killed the officer, why wasnt he sentenced to death 20 years ago? Why after all these years was the case still under investigation, because there was no proof that he did it! So, yes i believe that he was wrongfully convicted, they just needed to blame someone because it was a police officer who died. Troy may have had some involvement that night but under the law, if no evidence put him at the crime then he cannot be charge for the murder. Where is the justice?
i did my blog on this but this isnt right and it had to be a black man smh
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