Troy Davis Facts & Alarming Execution Statistics.
When it comes to research I enjoy it and sifting through false allegations to present the truth is definitely my forte. So when I saw the name Troy Davis I had to know exactly not via Twitter, but through newspapers, television news and reasearch what exactly was going on.
Here are the facts of the Troy Davis Case
- Troy Davis was convicted (1991) for the killing an off-duty police officer, Mark MacPhail in 1989, based on an “eye witness” account. Which is probably the leading cause of wrongful convictions.
- There is no physical evidence linked to Troy Davis and the off-duty police officer’s murder.
- It’s being brought to the attention of us because witnesses have recanted the stories that helped convict him.
- The fact the public and scholars are debating the question reflects reasonable doubt; which the state of Georgia (where he has been convicted) has denied and rejected a plea for clemency( to be merciful, basically not executing).
- Supporters say one possible way to get pardon on the execution is to ask a state court judge to withdraw Davis’ death warrant. (Stay tuned for that)
- The NAACP is urging people to sign an online petition to Chisolm; (Larry Chisolm, is the district attorney that would ask a state court judge to eliminate the death warrant.)
- If this weren’t a capital case, we (the public) wouldn’t hear about it. That makes you think what else don’t we hear about.
Which made me do some more research especially on numbers. I wanted to know how many innocent or without proper evidence are sent to the death pealnety? The number was quite alarming.
- In the last four years, 17 Death Row inmates in the nation have been found innocent and freed. Seven of them were in Illinois. Source
- Former Death Row inmates who have been found innocent and freed since the death penalty was re-instituted in the state spent a total of 52 years on Death Row and another 36 in county jails and state prisons. (Imagine being in jail that long knowing you were innocent.)
But the real fact of the matter, imagine if you were wrongfully convicted about to suffer the death penalty.
Read facts and find out more about the story first before signing any petition. These are just what I found after doing research.