Troy Davis
Troy Davis was a man convicted and executed for a murder that took place in 1989. He was a man who was at the wrong place at the wrong time and suffered the most severe consequence of all and is one of the many examples of how the death penalty is not a method that will solve anything.
In 1989, Troy Davis and Sylvester Coles were out by a local bus station when officer Mark MacPhail was shot and killed after trying to stop and altercation going on between a homeless man, Larry Young, and Sylvester Coles. The homeless man was attacked by Coles after refusing to give him some alcohol and was struck in the back of his head with a pistol. As the police officer came to stop the conflict he was shot and killed by the same man who had attacked Mr. Young. Troy Davis, who had stepped in and tried to stop the conflict himself, was the number one suspect as witnesses identified him as the shooter and Coles had gone an told police that Troy Davis was the one who shot officer MacPhail. He was convicted in 1991 for the murder.
Davis was charged, tried, and convicted for his accusation despite having little to no hard evidence that he was guilty, but the lack of evidence had no affect on the case as the judge and people of the jury put him on death row. Over the years he received multiple execution dates and his case would go on to get world wide media attention labeling his case as "legal lynching" ( http://www.mediaite.com/online/troy-davis-lawyer-the-state-of-georgia-legally-lynched-an-innocent-man/). When he received an order of execution in 2007, most of the state trial witnesses present in the court case back in 1991 had confessed to having lied in their testimonies due to police harassment, threats, and having doubts about Davis being the shooter.
Troy Davis was executed on September 21st, 2011, 20 years after his conviction of murdering officer Mark MacPhail.
In 1989, Troy Davis and Sylvester Coles were out by a local bus station when officer Mark MacPhail was shot and killed after trying to stop and altercation going on between a homeless man, Larry Young, and Sylvester Coles. The homeless man was attacked by Coles after refusing to give him some alcohol and was struck in the back of his head with a pistol. As the police officer came to stop the conflict he was shot and killed by the same man who had attacked Mr. Young. Troy Davis, who had stepped in and tried to stop the conflict himself, was the number one suspect as witnesses identified him as the shooter and Coles had gone an told police that Troy Davis was the one who shot officer MacPhail. He was convicted in 1991 for the murder.
Davis was charged, tried, and convicted for his accusation despite having little to no hard evidence that he was guilty, but the lack of evidence had no affect on the case as the judge and people of the jury put him on death row. Over the years he received multiple execution dates and his case would go on to get world wide media attention labeling his case as "legal lynching" ( http://www.mediaite.com/online/troy-davis-lawyer-the-state-of-georgia-legally-lynched-an-innocent-man/). When he received an order of execution in 2007, most of the state trial witnesses present in the court case back in 1991 had confessed to having lied in their testimonies due to police harassment, threats, and having doubts about Davis being the shooter.
Troy Davis was executed on September 21st, 2011, 20 years after his conviction of murdering officer Mark MacPhail.
Ray Krone
Another example is the case of Ray Krone. Ray Krone was sentenced to death after being convicted of murder in 1991. He spent about ten years in prison and another two years on death row and was exonerated in 2002 after DNA evidence confirmed he did not commit the crime.
He is now an activist against the death penalty.
He is now an activist against the death penalty.